FTSE 100 insurance giant Legal & General swaps Big Four auditor appointing Deloitte as incumbent approaches 10-year tenure

After recent win for taxpayer in the long-running giant marshmallow VAT case, HMRC decides not to appeal ruling sugary items are ‘not confectionery’

Former chair of oil giant BP, Albert Manifold, refutes board’s claims of misconduct, stating ‘I dispute entirely this characterisation of my conduct’, arguing his focus was on accelerating cost cutting and driving performance