EY faces scrutiny in India over the death of audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, which her mother blamed on a "backbreaking" workload in a letter to EY India's chairman. The incident has already sparked a federal government investigation.

Indian authorities inspected consulting firm Ernst & Young's (EY) Pune office and interviewed executives in the western city on Monday, a state official said, amid an investigation into an associate worker's death,

EY faces increasing scrutiny in India after the death of 26-year-old audit executive Anna Sebastian Perayil, who allegedly succumbed to a "backbreaking" workload, according to her mother. The incident has triggered both a state-level inspection and a federal investigation into working conditions at the firm's Pune office,

Unison and GMB understood to be likely to back motion to reverse policy. No 10 is braced for a potential defeat on a Labour conference vote to condemn cuts to the winter fuel allowance, as major trade unions lined up to back the motion to reverse Rachel Reeves’s decision.

Furious trade unions demanded answers from Labour this morning after party officials were accused of deliberately ducking a vote on the end of universal Winter Fuel Credit. Unite the Union and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) were left angry when a motion calling for the Government to U-turn on its decision was not selected to be voted on at

Labour has delayed a potentially humiliating vote on winter fuel payment cuts at the party's conference. A motion put forward by trade unions urging the Government to U-turn on the policy to restrict the allowance to only the poorest pensioners was due to take place today at the gathering in Liverpool.