Young people face economic ‘scarring’ from Covid, says top think tank July 3, 2020 The coronavirus recession has dealt a double blow to young people in the UK, who are more likely to have lost their jobs amid the lockdown and now face bleak career prospects, a leading think tank has warned. New research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) today said the carnage in the hospitality and [...]
Covid Recovery Commission: FTSE 100 bosses unite to set UK economy back on track July 3, 2020 Some of the biggest names in UK business have teamed up to create a pressure group to ensure the economy emerges from coronavirus “stronger and fairer”, its members announced today. The group will be called the Covid Recovery Commission, and will involve the chairs of FTSE 100 powerhouses Tesco and Shell and the chief executives [...]
Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds to renew calls for July budget July 2, 2020 Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds will renew calls tomorrow for a July “back to work budget” in her first major set piece speech since being appointed to the role. She will urge chancellor Rishi Sunak to “recognise the scale of the challenge we face” and pledge a summer budget that focuses on “jobs, jobs, jobs”. Dodds, [...]
Brexit: UK vows to complete City of London assessments in two weeks July 2, 2020 The government has vowed to hand over paperwork to ensure the City of London maintains post-Brexit EU access within the next two weeks, after missing the initial deadline. The UK was supposed to hand over 28 regulatory equivalence assessments by Monday for the EU to assess if it would allow access to Britain’s financial services [...]
Brexit talks finish early with ‘significant differences’ still to bridge July 2, 2020 The latest round of Brexit trade talks between the UK and EU finished a day early this week, with “significant differences” still remaining between the two sides. A statement from chief UK negotiator David Frost said that he was still committed to coming to a principle agreement for a future trade deal this month. This [...]
All England schools set to reopen in full in September July 2, 2020 Schools in England will reopen in September, with attendance to become mandatory for all students. Whole year groups will be forced to form bubbles at secondary schools and will not be able to interact with other year groups, but social distancing will not be mandatory within the bubbles. Primary school students will have to form [...]
Coronavirus: NHS test and trace system fails to reach a quarter of cases July 2, 2020 A quarter of people in England testing positive with coronavirus is still not being reached by the government’s test and trace system, according to new figures. Figures from the Department of Health and Social Services show that only 75 per cent of the 6,183 people who tested positive for Covid-19, between 18 and 25 June, [...]
Why is linking Israel to George Floyd’s murder an antisemitic conspiracy theory? July 2, 2020 Last week, shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey tweeted public support for a newspaper interview given by the actor Maxine Peake. The article, in which Peake said that anyone who couldn’t vote for Labour because of Jeremy Corbyn had “voted Tory”, included this line: “The tactics used by the police in America, kneeling on George Floyd’s [...]
Fresh calls for guarantees on digital taxation in future UK-US trade deal July 2, 2020 One of America’s largest internet advocacy groups has published a six-point wish list for a future UK-US trade deal, including calls for no unilateral digital taxes. The Internet Association’s new white paper calls for a future trade deal to include provisions to ensure the free flow of information between the two countries, a guarantee to [...]
Twitter removes image tweeted by Trump over copyright complaint July 2, 2020 Twitter took down an image in a tweet posted by US President Donald Trump, in the latest of a slew of content complaints against the president on the platform. Trump tweeted an image yesterday that featured a picture of himself, overlaid with the text: “In reality they’re not after me they’re after you I’m just [...]