Rampant inflation swells UK debt interest bill and pushes up government borrowing June 23, 2022 Inflation is swelling the UK’s interest bill and forcing the government to borrow more money to pay investors, official figures released today revealed. The amount of money the government paid to holders of UK debt jumped just over 70 per cent over the last year, reaching £7.6bn in May, up from £4.5bn last year, according [...]
Johnson says it’s ‘crazy’ to think he’ll quit if he loses today’s by-elections June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson has said it is “crazy” to suggest he should quit if the Tories lose two key by-elections today. Voters will go to the polls in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, with the Conservatives increasingly expected to lose both seats. The Tories hold only a small majority in Wakefield, with Labour expected to turn [...]
Johnson defends immigration policy in Rwandan speech June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson has defended his controversial immigration policy in a speech during his trip to Rwanda, saying that it “is in conformity with human rights”. The Prime Minister is in the capital of Kigali today for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which is held every two years. It comes after Johnson struck a [...]
Lord Frost says Boris Johnson makes ‘factually incorrect statements’ June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson’s former Brexit supremo Lord David Frost has said the Prime Minister has a penchant for “making factually incorrect statements”. The former cabinet minister said at a Westminster event today that “I wish he would not say things like that which are obviously not true”, when referring to the Prime Minister’s recent claim that [...]
Un-tea-lievable: Welsh government considers banning children from buying tea and coffee June 23, 2022 The Welsh government is considering stopping the sale of tea and coffee to under-16s as part of a wider ban on energy drinks. A consultation on the proposal to end the sale of energy drinks to children also asks respondents whether the ban “should be widened to consider other drinks typically high in caffeine, such [...]
MoneySavingExpert guru Martin Lewis turned down ‘again’ by House of Lords June 23, 2022 MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis revealed he was turned down from getting a peerage multiple times. The journalist said he had been rejected by the House of Lords appointment commission “again”, because he’d been “honest” about how often he could attend. Speaking to the BBC’s Nick Robinson, Lewis said he had always had political ambitions and [...]
Zahawi: Education union strike threat after rail chaos would be ‘unforgivable and unfair’ for students June 23, 2022 The education secretary has accused education trade unions of “failing” children by threatening strikes. Nadhim Zahawi branded threats to walk out of the classroom by the National Education Union “irresponsible” in a piece for the Telegraph this morning. This comes after industrial action from rail workers brought the country to a standstill on Tuesday, with [...]
‘Kremlin will be enjoying this self-inflicted distraction. Don’t be Russia’s friend’, Tobias Ellwood urges train strikers June 22, 2022 Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood has warned striking rail union workers not to be “Putin’s friend”. The former soldier and Tory MP for Bournemouth East said the Kremlin would be “enjoying this self-inflicted distraction” from its war against Ukraine. This comes after thousands of rail workers walked out across the country on Tuesday, with two [...]
Biden urges Congress to put petrol tax on hold as pump prices spike to record highs June 22, 2022 US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a three-month suspension of the federal gasoline tax to help combat record pump prices.
Rayner demands records of PM’s meetings over bankers’ bonus cap June 22, 2022 Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has demanded Boris Johnson’s office release all details of meetings he has held to discuss the bankers’ bonus cap over the past year. Rayner wrote to Johnson’s chief of staff Steve Barclay to request details of a meeting Johnson held with City figures last year where, according to the Financial [...]