CA daily briefing: Monday 26 April

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
The latest from ICAS
Ann Buttery, Head of Ethics, ICAS Policy Leadership, flags that CAs’ views are being sought in the May 2021 ICAS Member survey to gauge the level of interest in ICAS offering an ‘ethics buddy’ scheme for Members, similar to mentoring.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Older workers 'see biggest jobs fall since 1980s' (BBC News)
- The EU will sign a post-Brexit deal on financial services, PwC boss predicts (City AM)
- UK economy set to grow faster than the U.S. this year - Goldman (Reuters)
- Bitcoin bounces strongly after hitting lowest since early March (Bloomberg)
- UK solar projects using panels from firms linked to Xinjiang forced labour (The Guardian)
- Facebook and Google 'failing to take action against scam adverts' (Sky News)
- Treasury snubbing 'mortgage prisoners', say MPs (BBC News)
- Yougov acquires open banking start-up Lean App (City AM)
- FTSE 100 falls as stronger pound, oil stocks weigh; Pearson shines (Reuters)
- UK replaces France as Europe’s second largest electric car market (The Guardian)
That's all for today. Check back tomorrow for your Tuesday briefing.