Boris Johnson admits UK shortages are here to stay until Christmas October 3, 2021 Boris Johnson has admitted the UK’s goods shortages will likely last until Christmas, while adding that “we need to see” a “period of adjustment” post-Brexit. The Prime Minister said today that he would not “pull the lever” of more immigration in the short-term to stop the lorry driver shortages. Petrol shortages are still being seen [...]
Ministers to crack down on ‘incredibly dangerous’ motorway protests October 3, 2021 Ministers have pledged tougher action on demonstrators who block motorways. Home secretary Priti Patel is expected to outline plans for longer sentences and fresh powers for police to seize demonstrators’ equipment, at the Conservative party conference this week. It comes as the climate group Insulate Britain has blocked the M1, M4 and M25 in protests [...]
Sunak and Johnson strike deal to wean government off borrowing October 3, 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have brokered a deal to wean the government off borrowing to finance spending. Any new spending announced at the upcoming budget and spending review must be financed by reductions in spending elsewhere or tax hikes, Johnson has reportedly agreed to. The news was first reported by The [...]
Commons Speaker demands Met Police meeting to discuss Wayne Couzens’ parliament work October 3, 2021 The Speaker of the House of Commons has requested an urgent meeting with the Met Police after it was revealed Wayne Couzens was deployed to parliament on several occasions. The Met police officer – who was handed a life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard – was on duty five times [...]
Your third Covid shot is coming: All you need to know about booster vaccines October 3, 2021 It seems inevitable: a third Covid shot is coming your way this Autumn. Two jabs may not give us sufficient protection, or at least not in the long term. Booster jabs are being offered as part of a ramped-up vaccine campaign in England. Some 1.5 million people will be contacted and encouraged to use the [...]
City corruption: Company of Tory donor Ayman Asfari paid tens of millions in bribes across Middle East October 3, 2021 A company whose biggest shareholder is a major Tory donor did not stop its employees from paying out more than £32m in bribes in order to secure a range of contracts across the Middle East. Petrofac, one of the world’s largest service providers to oil and gas producers, won business worth £2.7bn in Iraq, Saudi [...]
London, Paris and New York: The cities that migrate faster to flexible working October 3, 2021 New York, Paris, London, Berlin and Frankfurt are primed for a faster transition to hybrid working, given the comparatively high office costs, already flexible working practices and extended lockdowns earlier this year and in 2020. On the other hand, less flexible working cultures in Mumbai, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City mean that any transition [...]
New Covid-19 pill in Germany exceeds all expectations as it reduces Coronavirus deaths by half October 3, 2021 A new experimental Covid-19 pill reduced stays in hospital and deaths by half, according to German multinational science and technology company Merck. In fact, an independent group of medical experts that monitored the trial recommended stopping it early because the interim results were so strong, beating all expectations. The company said today it would soon [...]
Fat but fit: Exercise and fitness more important than diets and shedding pounds October 3, 2021 People should concentrate on exercise rather than dieting for a longer life as they can be ‘fat but fit’, according to new research. Two researchers, In a new review that brings together numerous studies, claim that when it comes to getting healthy and cutting the risk of dying early, doing more exercise and improving fitness [...]
Petrol bosses warn fuel shortage is ‘getting worse’ in London and south-east October 2, 2021 Fuel shortages are getting worse rather than improving, especially in London and the south-east of England, the chairman of the Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has warned. Brian Madderson said it remains a “really big problem” in this part of the UK, and told the BBC’s Today programme: “In London and the South East and possibly [...]