UK launches £238m Covid unemployment programme October 5, 2020 The government has today launched a £238m unemployment programme to provide skills and training to people who have lost their jobs during the Covid crisis. The Job Entry Targeted Support scheme will provide participants with CV and interview training, individual work coaches and “specialist advice on how people can move into growing sectors”, according to [...]
Priti Patel promises overhaul of the UK asylum system October 4, 2020 Home secretary Priti Patel has vowed to deliver the “biggest overhaul” of the UK asylum system in decades. Patel used her speech at the Conservative party conference to promise a “firm, but fair” asylum policy to get control of the increasing number of immigrants illegally crossing the Channel. Patel has reportedly been considering a wide [...]
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says it’ll be a bumpy road until Christmas, as new Covid-19 cases top 10,000 October 4, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson this morning said it’ll “be bumpy until Christmas” dealing with the coronavirus outbreak. The PM told the BBC the government was taking a “balanced” approach between saving lives and protecting the economy. “The best thing we can do now for all those who have suffered in the course of this pandemic [...]
Johnson launches transport review to boost economy and strengthen UK ties October 3, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a review aimed at improving transport links across the UK, including a possible bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part of a plan to boost the pandemic-hit economy and strengthen ties between its member nations. The study will consider air links within the country, road and rail links in [...]
PM to hold last-minute Brexit talks with EU’s von der Leyen October 2, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold discussions with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen by phone tomorrow as the UK and EU try to strike a last-minute Brexit trade agreement. The latest and last round of scheduled talks between the two sides ended today. A deal remains a way off, with tensions still running [...]
Tory MP paid £25,000 to speak about convicted sex offender ex-husband October 1, 2020 Tory MP Natalie Elphicke was paid £25,000 for a tabloid article on her convicted sex offender ex-husband Charlie Elphicke, it has been revealed. Natalie was paid the fee by The Sun in August. to speak about her marriage with Charlie, who is serving a two-year prison sentence. Charlie – who was a Tory MP for [...]
London can’t survive widespread home working, says Tory mayoral candidate October 1, 2020 Londoners must get back to their workplaces to save the economic future of the city, according to Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey. Bailey wrote for City A.M. today that the capital needs to ditch advice from the government and Sadiq Khan that people should work from home where possible, adding that he does not “believe [...]
EU takes legal action against UK over Brexit treaty breach October 1, 2020 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has confirmed the EU has begun legal action against the UK over the controversial Internal Market Bill for its potential breaches of the Brexit treaty. The EU has sent a formal notice of proceedings to the UK government, with von der Leyen warning some provisions in the parliamentary [...]
Sadiq Khan requests more than £29bn from Treasury’s spending review October 1, 2020 Sadiq Khan is requesting more than £29bn from central government during its spending review, including £5.65bn for Transport for London (TfL) over the next 18 months. Khan submitted his requests to Rishi Sunak’s spending review yesterday, which included requests for an extra £20.5bn to build affordable homes, £1bn for new electric buses, a £1.5bn national [...]
Sadiq Khan calls for review of England’s 10pm curfew September 30, 2020 Sadiq Khan has called for an immediate review of the government’s 10pm curfew in England as he claims it may be driving coronavirus rates up. Scenes emerged on social media over the weekend of packed Tube stations and people congregating on central London pavements just after 10pm as the government’s new curfew came into place. [...]