Russian promise to ‘drastically reduce hostilities’ may be bid to ‘deceive people and deflect attention’ March 30, 2022 Ukraine and the United States have cast major doubt on Russia’s reported promise to “drastically reduce hostilities”, with and secretary of state Antony Blinken warning it could be a bid to “deceive people and deflect attention”. Following “constructive” ceasefire negotiations held in Turkey between officials from the two warring sides, it has been reported that [...]
Government sets boundaries for free lateral flow entitlement as ‘new phase’ of pandemic dawns March 29, 2022 Free COVID tests will remain available to certain groups even after the government scraps universal testing from Friday onwards.
Government recruits Oliver Wyman consultants to craft new football regulator March 29, 2022 The government have drafted in top consultancy Oliver Wyman to help design a new independent body that will be charged with regulating English football. According to reports from Mark Kleinman, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has hired the New York-based firm to help build a response to Tracey Crouch’s contentious review of football’s [...]
Exclusive: Gary Neville to ramp up Labour role and do series of events with Starmer March 29, 2022 Gary Neville is set to ramp up his work with the Labour party and make a series of appearances beside Sir Keir Starmer in a move that will fuel further speculation the former Manchester United captain wants to run for parliament. It is understood that Starmer thinks Neville, who became a Labour member for the [...]
UK has more than £854bn in offshore wealth, with 0.92 per cent lost from GDP March 29, 2022 UK citizens own more than £854bn in offshore wealth, ranking it fifth in Europe when measured as a percentage of lost GDP. Britain lost an estimated £19.2bn in tax because of the problem according to new research by anti money laundering group Credas Technologies, with the overall figure representing almost one per cent of national [...]
Ex-Sainsbury’s director to share helm of government Environment Agency March 29, 2022 Environment secretary George Eustice has appointed the former Sainsbury’s director as deputy chair of the government’s Environment Agency. Retail veteran Judith Batchelar will step into the new role at the beginning of April as current deputy chair Richard Macdonald’s term ends. Batchelar, who resigned from Sainsbury’s after 16 years last May, worked in the food [...]
Boris Johnson has not been given Met police fine over partygate, says Number 10 March 29, 2022 Boris Johnson will not be given one of 20 penalty notices the Metropolitan Police will hand out today over partygate, Number 10 has said. Johnson’s official spokesman told journalists that “we’ve said we will update if” the Prime Minister is found to have broken the law during the Met’s investigation. The Met announced today that [...]
Rishi Sunak under pressure over wife’s ‘blood money’ through family firm still operating in Russia March 29, 2022 Rishi Sunak has been criticised by a Ukrainian MP over his wife’s family firm – which is still operating in Russia. Akshata Murthy, who is married to the chancellor of the exchequer, has been accused of collecting millions in “blood money” dividends. Her estimated 0.91% stake in Infosys, which was founded by her father Narayana, [...]
Partygate: Metropolitan Police slap Boris Johnson’s team with 20 fines, more notices expected March 29, 2022 The Metropolitan Police said this morning that investigators will begin to refer 20 notices to the ACRO Criminal Records Office, responsible for issuing fines. The police confirmed twenty fines are set to be issued over alleged lockdown-busting parties held in government buildings. It is expected that further fines could be issued as officers continue to [...]
Mystery surrounds Roman Abramovich poisoning in Kyiv but seen as ‘firm warning’ to Chelsea owner as fresh details emerge March 29, 2022 The suspected poisoning of Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich was not intended to kill him and the two Ukrainian representatives, the lead Russia investigator with investigative news outlet Bellingcat has said. Christo Grozev told Times Radio the “most plausible” explanation for the alleged poisoning was that it was a warning to Abramovich. [...]