The City View podcast, from City A.M., with Dan Korski April 27, 2020 In this episode, Christian talks to Dan Korski, who served as a senior adviser to Prime Minister David Cameron. Subscribe to The City View Podcast: Apple / Google / Spotify / RSS Since leaving government, Dan has focused on backing startups and he’s now the CEO and co-founder of Public – supporting tech firms in [...]
Retailers call on government to withdraw ‘disastrous’ business rates bill April 27, 2020 A coalition of retail organisations today called on the government to ditch a business rates bill they say would be “disastrous”for the high street. The Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) Bill brings forwards the next revelation of business rates for 2.08m non-domestic properties in England and Wales to 1 April 2021. If the bill receives asset, it [...]
Exclusive: Liberal Democrats push government to set clear coronavirus loan scheme guidelines April 26, 2020 The Liberal Democrats have led a group of 25 cross-party MPs in demanding the government sets uniform lending requirements for its coronavirus business loan scheme in order to increase the speed at which banks approve loans. Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse wrote to business secretary Alok Sharma to urge him to “specify a minimum level [...]
Support for government’s coronavirus response falls for second straight week April 26, 2020 Public support for how the government is handling the coronavirus crisis has fallen for the second week in a row, according to a new poll. An Opinium poll out tonight showed that public approval for the government and its handling of the crisis was down to +21, after it was +31 two weeks ago. However, [...]
Angela Merkel seeks to impose financial transactions tax on EU countries April 26, 2020 Germany will seek to impose a financial transactions tax, minimum tax rates and an EU-wide healthcare system on member nations during its upcoming six-month presidency of the bloc. The revolving presidency of the Council of the European Union allows individual countries to set the EU’s agenda during the six months of their stint. German chancellor [...]
Coronavirus: UK has lowest single day death toll since March April 26, 2020 The UK has recorded another 413 deaths from coronavirus today – the lowest single day figure this month. The latest figure brings the country’s Covid-19 death toll, from hospital patients, to 20,732. National medical director of NHS England Stephen Powis said at today’s press briefing that the country was beginning to see drops in the [...]
Tata Steel seeks £500m in government cash for Port Talbot plant April 26, 2020 Tata Steel needs £500m from the government to survive the coronavirus economic slowdown, MP for Aberavon Stephen Kinnock said. Kinnock asked first secretary Dominic Raab in parliament last week to lift the amount lent to businesses under the coronavirus large business interruption loan scheme (CLBILS) from £50m to £500m to help Tata Steel with lost [...]
UK orders 50m coronavirus immunity tests April 26, 2020 The UK has reportedly ordered up to 50m new coronavirus immunity tests which would help quickly assess if people could go back to work. The Mail on Sunday reported that a team of British scientists were developing a test which could mean that by June people could reliably find out if they have developed immunity [...]
City grandees call for coronavirus lockdown to be eased April 26, 2020 A group of City of London grandees have urged the government to ease the coronavirus lockdown amidst fears a prolonged shutdown would “do more harm to people’s health by putting them out of work”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work tomorrow as Downing Street looks to formulate the next phase of its coronavirus [...]
Coronavirus: UK must prepare for ‘new normal’, says Dominic Raab April 26, 2020 Dominic Raab has warned that Britons will need to adapt to a “new normal” as Boris Johnson prepares to go back to work tomorrow for the first time since being hospitalised. Raab said today that the UK “won’t be going back” to how it was before Covid-19, echoing statements from chief medical officer Chris Whitty [...]