Letters: A call for clarity in workplaces February 28, 2022 [Re: Mandatory face masks on TfL scrapped from tomorrow, February 23] The government has announced that all Covid-19 rules will be lifted by the end of February, with huge repercussions for our transport system, workplaces and daily life. For one, the onus is now shifting to businesses to advise their staff to stay at home [...]
Letters: Keep your house in order February 23, 2022 [RE: Build some bloody houses? An old call but no less relevant today, Feb 21] This is spot on. Unfortunately the Mayor of London isn’t helping. Last Friday Sadiq Khan’s latest figures showed that 39,188 affordable homes still need to be started by March 2023, to meet his 116,000 target. So after six years as [...]
Letters: An audit of our audit reforms February 22, 2022 [Re: UK government to set out plans for audit watchdog overhaul imminently after years of delays, 14 February] Further delays to the UK government’s audit reform plans – with a government source warning that the rules may not be included in the next legislative programme – could have huge economic and human costs, as accounting [...]
Letters: Back to the history books on the energy crisis February 21, 2022 [Re: We must end our dependency on Russia’s gas and embrace renewable, Feb 18] For an escalation to have a large and lasting impact on markets beyond Russia and Ukraine, it would probably have to result in a significant hit to energy supply (something which did not happen after the annexation of Crimea). In fact, [...]
Letters: Russia and the oil price rally February 18, 2022 [Re: No sign of de-escalation as Russia still building forces on Ukraine border, February 17] Hopes have begun to fade that Russia is pulling back troops in any meaningful manoeuvre casting fresh clouds over financial markets. It has meant that the brief backtracking in the upwards sprint in the price of oil hasn’t lasted long. [...]
Letters: Aye, aye train driver February 17, 2022 [Re: If London is the heart of our economy, more TfL fare rises will cut off the blood supply, Feb 15] London’s transport system has steadily deteriorated over the course of the pandemic. In the context of the number of road works set up for apparently obscure reasons, this is unjustifiable. We should have spent [...]
Letters: Remote (island) working February 16, 2022 [Re: One-in-four UK workers plan a ‘hybrid holiday’ this year, to make the most of remote working, February 14] It’s great to see UK workers planning on taking full advantage of remote and hybrid working opportunities. Combined with the world opening up, ‘workations’ are going to be a huge 2022 trend. One in four people [...]
Letters: Zuckerberg is sinking his ship February 14, 2022 [Re: Meta share price plunge sees investors buy up almost 20 times more shares, Feb 7] Mark Zuckerberg’s Christmas wish for the end of 2021 may have come true, but it has come at the cost of $220bn drop in valuation. The Metaverse might show promise in years to come, but it does not appear [...]
Letters: not so green with envy February 11, 2022 [Re: Hardly any Brits plan to stick to climate goals, Jan 17] A report conducted this week by NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch revealed that climate pledges made by 25 of the world’s largest companies are, in fact, misleading. Companies analysed in the report include giants like Google, Amazon, IKEA, Apple and Nestle. Only [...]
Letters: Don’t mask the variant problem February 9, 2022 [RE: Javid calms new variant fears as government announces NHS vaccine U-turn, Feb 1] The new variant is rightly being treated with great caution by the WHO. There is evidence that the sub variant could be more infectious than the earlier strain of Omicron, but it does not appear to lead to more hospitalisations. The recent [...]