Private equity firm set to finalise £200m deal to take over government contracts Amey Plc June 6, 2022 The London private equity firm that currently employs ex-Tory minister Philip Hammond is seeking to a finalise a deal to takeover one of Britain’s biggest civil engineering firms, Amey Plc. Buckthorn Partners, which took on Lord Hammond as a partner in 2020, has teamed up with US private equity firm One Equity Partners to buy [...]
Johnson tells Tory MPs ‘best is yet to come’ as he urges them to not vote him out June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has today vowed to Tory MPs that the “best is yet to come”, after urging them to stick with him in a no confidence vote this evening. The Prime Minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers that “I will lead you to victory again” as he promised a raft [...]
Sunak says £15bn cost of living package will only add to inflation ‘minimally’ June 6, 2022 Rishi Sunak has moved to assure people that the £15bn cost of living package he recently announced will only “minimally” add to the UK’s inflationary pressures. The chancellor today told Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee that he had been careful “to make sure fiscal policy was responsible in that context”. The chancellor last month performed a [...]
Partygate: Downing Street staff threw boozy bash while Boris Johnson was fighting Covid in hospital June 6, 2022 DOWNING Street staff threw a booze-fuelled party while the Prime Minister was in hospital undergoing lifesaving Covid-treatment, a whistleblower claimed today. The Number 10 insider said a culture of “invincibility” led to civil-servants repeatedly thinking they were above the rules. The insider explained how staff held a party in the garden of Number 10 in [...]
Monkeypox spreading like wildfire: 77 cases confirmed during Platinum Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend taking total to 302 June 6, 2022 The Monkeypox outbreak is spreading like wildfire with almost 80 new cases detected over the Platinum Jubilee weekend break, bringing the total number to more than 300. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced the spike in cases between 2 and 5 June, with the vast majority in England (73). The infection, which now has [...]
No confidence vote poll: Nearly half of Tory members want Boris Johnson removed June 6, 2022 Nearly half of the Conservative party’s membership want Boris Johnson removed as leader, according to one poll, with the result of the no confidence vote set to be announced at 9pm. A snap poll by YouGov found 42 per cent of Conservative members wanted Johnson gone, with 53 per cent saying he should stay. Another [...]
No confidence vote happening TODAY: Make-or-break Monday for Boris Johnson as PM faces Tory leadership test at 6pm June 6, 2022 More than 30 Tory MPs have publicly urged the Prime Minister to resign amid the fallout from revelations about Downing Street parties held during lockdown. As a result, a confidence vote in the Prime Minister will he held between 6pm and 8pm today as allies of Boris Johnson appeared braced for a test of his [...]
PM’s anti-corruption tsar John Penrose resigns and calls for Johnson to quit June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson’s anti-corruption tsar has quit his post and has called for the Prime Minister to step down over his handling of partygate. Conservative MP John Penrose said Johnson broke the ministerial code over the Downing Street Covid parties scandal and that he will be voting against the PM in the no confidence vote this [...]
Boris Johnson: What is a Tory no confidence vote, how does it work and why is it happening? June 6, 2022 Boris Johnson will face a vote of no confidence in his leadership of the Conservative party at 6pm today, after 54 or more MPs declared they no longer had confidence in the Prime Minister. City A.M. takes a look at what the vote is, why it was triggered and what might happen next. What is [...]
Russian Army bombs Kyiv as Putin issues final warning to Ukraine over US weapons while Lavrov struggles to fly June 6, 2022 Russia issued another firm warning over the use of Western military supplies by Ukraine while it launched fresh strikes on Kyiv as Vladimir Putin stated that any Western deliveries of longer-range rocket systems would prompt Moscow to hit “objects that we haven’t yet struck”. The Russian leader’s threat of military escalation did not specify what [...]