Police get powers to end Just Stop Oil slow marching: ‘The public are sick of disruption’ June 14, 2023 Police are set to get controversial new powers to stop groups like Just Stop Oil holding ‘slow walking’ protests. Government measures to make it easier to tackle disruptive protests have been approved, after a bid by Greens in the House of Lords to kill off the law was defeated by 154 to 68. Cops will [...]
UK unveils new arts fund in bid to boost ‘gangbusters’ creative sector by £50bn June 14, 2023 Ministers have unveiled plans to boost the UK’s “gangbusters” creative industries by up to £50bn. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has revealed a plan to give a multimillion-pound boost across film, music, fashion and gaming, which could see the arts sectors grow by £50bn by 2030. The ‘Creative Industries Sector Vision’ [...]
Women ‘key’ to growth but are leading just 12 per cent of FTSE 250 firms June 13, 2023 Women are at the helm of just 47 FTSE 250 firms – just 12 per cent – despite holding “the key to economic growth”, Labour’s Anneliese Dodds has warned. The shadow women and equalities secretary told the Financial Times Women in Business summit that her party was “pro-business” and would “back women” in business from [...]
CBI: New boss Rain Newton-Smith refuses to budge on membership figures before exodus June 13, 2023 The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is still insisting on keeping its prior membership figures under wraps in the wake of a scandal which saw it face a fight for its very future. CBI director-general Rain Newton-Smith refused to disclose the number of members her organisation had boasted prior to a sexual harassment crisis which [...]
Ukraine: 10 killed in Russia missile attack on high-rise block as fears grow of trapped survivors June 13, 2023 At least 10 people have been killed and dozens wounded after missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, a regional governor said. Serhiy Lysak, of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the strike involving cruise missiles hit a five-storey residential building early on Tuesday and the area was [...]
What we learned from Keir Starmer on AI, Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon June 13, 2023 Keir Starmer hit the stage at London Tech Week this morning to mount Labour’s charm offensive on the great and good of London tech. Starmer’s address to the conference followed a major presence from top Tory figures yesterday, with talks from both Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt. Speaking on the main stage in Westminster, the [...]
Man arrested on suspicion of murder after three killed in Nottingham ‘major incident’ June 13, 2023 Three people have been found dead in Nottingham in what police described as an “horrific and tragic incident”. A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people were found dead in the street in Ilkeston Road just after 4am on Tuesday. A third man was found dead in Magdala Road, Nottinghamshire [...]
“I’ll be back”: Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament, Privileges Committee to say today – Reports June 13, 2023 Boris Johnson will reportedly be found on Wednesday to have deliberately misled MPs over parties in Downing Street during the pandemic. The Privileges Committee has rejected the former prime minister’s defence that senior officials advised him Covid rules and guidance had been followed in No 10, according to the Times. But Mr Johnson – who [...]
Risk aversion is ‘endemic’ in UK, pensions chief warns June 13, 2023 The UK is in the grip of “endemic” risk aversion when it comes to investment, a pensions chief executive has warned yesterday. Tracy Blackwell, chief executive of Pensions Insurance Corporation, said the country needed to embrace the risk of the markets and look to divert capital into more productive areas of the economy. “How we [...]
London Tech Week: Sunak and Hunt’s charm offensive was no light touch June 12, 2023 Charlie Conchie, City A.M. investment editor, reflects on day one of London Tech Week. What’s a growth mindset and how can I get one? Solving the UK’s tech investment gap is not just tweaking rules and regulation, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said yesterday, but also “looking at our mindset”. “That’s something I think we need everyone’s [...]