CA daily briefing: Friday 19 February

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Hilde Oesterkloeft here to give you today's latest news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
The Scottish Government is continuing to gather views on its proposals to reform Scottish charity law via a public survey. The ICAS Charities Panel has responded to its online Scottish charity law survey.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Retail sales slump in January amid lockdown (BBC News)
- NatWest tumbles to £351m loss in 2020 as bank shuts door on Irish market (City AM)
- Uber faces UK Supreme Court ruling on worker rights in gig economy test (Reuters)
- GameStop saga: Robinhood denies robbing poor to help rich (Sky News)
- Next chief calls for business rates overhaul to rescue high street (The Guardian)
- UK government borrowing hits highest January level since records began (BBC News)
- Rishi Sunak to extend business rates relief and furlough (City AM)
- Airlines, renewables companies push Biden to make air travel greener (Reuters)
- Thai Airways announces staff cuts in desperate bid to avoid bankruptcy (Sky News)
- Ford to go ‘all electric’ in Europe by 2030 (The Independent)
That's all for today. Check back next week for your Monday briefing.