Johnson says sky-high inflation is ‘big chance’ to fix cost pressures and ‘do things differently’ as PM denies being complacent June 30, 2022 The Prime Minister said today there is a “big chance” to fix unnecessary cost pressures for people and businesses across the UK as Boris Johnson denied that his Government is being “complacent” about spiralling inflation. Speaking at a press conference at the close of the Nato summit in Madrid, Johnson said the “very, very tight [...]
Nearly 2m more Brits trapped by higher tax rates since 2019 Tory election win June 30, 2022 Boris Johnson has heaped higher tax rates on nearly 2m more Brits since he won the 2019 general election, reveal official figures published today. The number of people paying the higher rate of income tax has swelled to 6.14m, up around 1.88m since Johnson led the Conservatives to a huge majority two and a half [...]
‘Kaboom!’ Ukraine announces recapture of Black Sea’s strategically important Snake Island June 30, 2022 Russia have abandoned the Ukrainian Black Sea outpost of Snake Island in a strategic victory for Kyiv against the Kremlin’s blockade. Ukrainian president Vlodymyr Zelensky’s office announced the major coup after Russia’s defence ministry said it withdrew as a “gesture of goodwill”. Its supposed gesture was done, according to Reuters, was to prove the Kremlin [...]
Post Office Horizon Scandal: Wronged postmasters offered £19.5m interim compensation June 30, 2022 Post Office Horizon scandal victims have been given an extra £19.5m in compensation, bringing the total payout to around £30m.
UK to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, Johnson announces June 30, 2022 The UK will increase its annual defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade and other Nato countries should be forced to do similarly, Boris Johnson has announced. The Prime Minister said on the final day of the Nato summit in Madrid that “we need to invest for the [...]
UK set to cut food tariffs to ease cost of living pressures June 30, 2022 The UK is set to cut tariffs on imported food in a bid to ease the cost of living crisis, Boris Johnson has said. The Prime Minister said products the UK does not produce – like oranges, rice, olives and bananas – could see price cuts in the coming months by slashing tariffs on foreign [...]
Brexit: City minister says UK changes to EU financial services rules is not ‘race to the bottom’ June 30, 2022 The UK’s changes to the EU’s catalogue of financial services rules will not become a “race to the bottom”, City minister John Glen has vowed. Glen today said the government had “an unshakeable abiding interest in a prosperous Europe” and that “it is time to put to bed” the notion that the EU will have [...]
Seeing G7 leaders naked would be ‘a disgusting sight’ as they abuse alcohol and don’t do sports, says Putin June 30, 2022 Western leaders would look “disgusting” if they tried to emulate Putin’s bare-torso appearances, the Russian president said as he hit back at the G7 for mocking his athletic exploits. The Russian president made the comment during a visit to Turkmenistan when asked about western leaders joking about him at the G7 summit. As they sat [...]
Ex-education secretary Gavin Williamson takes up second job as chair of private education firm June 30, 2022 Former UK education secretary Gavin Williamson has taken a second job as an advisor to a private education company that previously donated £165,000 to the Tory party. The MP, who stepped down from his position as education secretary last year, will chair the advisory board of education company RTC Education Ltd after taking up a [...]
‘Practically treacherous’: Ex F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone lambasted for saying he’d ‘still take a bullet for Putin’ June 30, 2022 Formula 1’s Bernie Ecclestone has defended Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, saying despite the war in Ukraine: “I’d still take a bullet for him.” The controversial former motorsport boss, 91, made his remarks on Good Morning Britain, when asked, “do you still regard him as a friend, do you still stand by that feeling towards him?” [...]