Apple asks Taiwan suppliers to label products as ‘Made in China’ August 8, 2022 Apple yesterday asked Taiwan-based suppliers to use the ‘made in China’ label, as the firm reportedly wants products to comply with Bejing rule in a bid to avoid disruption from Chinese customs inspections. According to Nikkei, the company wants manufacturers on the island to label components bound for China as made in “Chinese Taipei” or [...]
WATCH: ‘No-nonsense Iron Lady’ Martha Karua vies to become Kenya’s first female deputy president August 8, 2022 Kenya’s much-anticipated presidential election – taking place tomorrow – could usher in the country’s first-ever female deputy president. However, rising star Martha Karua says she’s is more focused on the issues that matter than any political office. Karua, a long-standing member of parliament and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, as well as [...]
Truss hasn’t ruled out emergency cash payments, says ally Penny Mordaunt August 7, 2022 Liz Truss has not ruled out giving Brits cash payments later this year to combat the cost of living crunch, Penny Mordaunt has said. The senior Truss ally, and fallen leadership contender, today said that people had been “overinterpreting” comments made by the foreign secretary this weekend about her policy plans. Truss told the Financial [...]
Environment secretary calls for widespread hosepipe bans August 7, 2022 More widespread hosepipe bans should be enforced by water firms across England as fears grow about a potential drought in the South, according to the UK’s environment secretary. George Eustice today said it was “right” firms had already taken action and introduced water restrictions, while calling for further interventions. Last month was the driest July [...]
Gordon Brown says UK needs emergency budget to combat ‘financial timebomb’ August 7, 2022 The government needs to set an emergency budget or millions of Brits will face “a winter of dire poverty”, according to Gordon Brown. The former Prime Minister today said families are facing a “financial timebomb” in October as inflation continues to climb and Ofgem prepares to lift the energy price cap again. There are fresh [...]
Tory leadership: Truss and Sunak pledge cost of living help worth billions August 7, 2022 Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have pledged billions of pounds worth of cost of living help as Britons face down further inflation increases. Truss, the frontrunner to be the next Prime Minister, told The Telegraph she would rush through £30bn+ in tax cuts months earlier than planned to combat the expected increases in inflation in [...]
Truss warns Bank against ‘talking Britain into a recession’ August 6, 2022 Liz Truss ramped up her criticism of the Bank of England last night as she warned policymakers of “talking Britain into a recession”.
Bain & Co weighs up legal action against UK government over contract ban August 5, 2022 Bain & Co is considering taking legal action against the UK government after Britain banned the US consultancy from competing for contracts over its role in alleged “state capture and corruption by the South African government”. The US consultancy is considering “all options” including launching a judicial review, in a bid to overturn the UK [...]
Starmer in breach of MPs code of conduct by not declaring gifts and land sale August 5, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs’ code of conduct by failing to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land. An inquiry into the Labour leader was opened in June by the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, relating to claims about late [...]
Sunak launches fresh attack on Truss’s tax cut plans warning Brits will face higher mortgage payments August 4, 2022 Ahead of the Tory leadership hopefuls next debate in their quest to become prime minister, Rishi Sunak launched a fresh attack on Liz Truss’s plans for tax cuts. The former chancellor said his Foreign Secretary rival in the Tory leadership race would further drive up interest rates, raising mortgage payments, with her plans. His warning [...]