Top West Midlands police boss questions mayor’s role with Metropolitan Police June 29, 2022 One of West Midlands’ top police bosses has questioned whether the mayor of London should retain control over the Metropolitan Police, after the force was put into special measures. It comes as Sadiq Khan and the government reignited a long-running row today, with both sides pointing the finger at each other for Scotland Yard’s failures, [...]
Russia’s second-richest man and Putin’s cousin are latest targets for UK sanctions June 29, 2022 Russia’s second richest man and president Vladimir Putin’s first cousin once removed are he latest targets of British sanctions against the Kremlin. Owner of major conglomerate Interros, Vladimir Potanin, has been targeted by the UK government because he “continues to amass wealth” that supports Russia’s war against Ukraine. Potanin, who acquired Rosbank and shares in [...]
Brexit ideas: Boris Johnson wants to recreate the Roman Empire to achieve UK-EU co-operation June 29, 2022 Boris Johnson wants a modern recreation of the Roman Empire as a way of achieving co-operation between Europe and its neighbours. The Prime Minister set out his vision of a partnership that included Turkey and North African states as an alternative plan to Emmanuel Macron’s idea of a European political community. Macron said the Prime [...]
UK extends China steel tariffs for another two years June 29, 2022 The UK has moved to extend steel tariffs on China and other countries for a further two years in a move that could set up a row with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The decision was made after the government decided that the trade barriers were needed to protect the UK steel industry from cheaper [...]
If Putin were a woman there would no ‘toxic, crazy, macho’ war in Ukraine, says Boris Johnson June 29, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have started the “crazy, macho” war in Ukraine if he were a woman, Boris Johnson firmly believes. The Prime Minister also said that while G7 leaders “desperately” want the war in Ukraine to end, there is “no deal available”. Speaking after the G7 summit in Bavaria, Johnson told German [...]
Metropolitan Police placed in special measures after litany of scandals June 28, 2022 The Metropolitan Police has been to be placed into special measures by a police watchdog in the wake of a series of scandals, including the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services has sent a letter to Met bosses to say there have been “substantial [...]
‘Extreme caution’ urged over census data collected in pandemic despite ONS saying it has ‘full confidence’ in its figures June 28, 2022 Census figures collected during the national lockdown should be treated with “extreme caution” according to a council leader, after appearing to leave off three per cent of the capital’s population. It has been claimed that the Office for National Statistics’ latest data failed to include 300,000 Londoners compared to the previous projection, despite the organisation [...]
Tory donor did not take legal action against Sir Nicholas Soames because of ‘close proximity to Prince of Wales’ June 28, 2022 A businessman and Conservative Party donor who is suing one former Conservative MP for libel has told a High Court judge why he decided not to take legal action against another. Mohamed Amersi has accused Charlotte Leslie, former MP for Bristol North West, of publishing a “series of documents” to a number of “influential individuals” [...]
Rees-Mogg says cutting taxes could reduce inflation in split with PM June 28, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg has said cutting taxes immediately may reduce inflation in comments that will put him in direct dispute with Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. The Brexit minister today said getting inflation under control “doesn’t necessarily mean tax increases – indeed it could mean tax cuts”. Johnson and Sunak have both said the UK cannot cut [...]
Sunak: UK has ‘tools at our disposal’ to tackle 40-year high inflation June 28, 2022 The UK has “the tools at our disposal” to tackle the worst inflation spike in four decades, the chancellor urged today. Responding to a grilling by MPs in the house of commons, chancellor Rishi Sunak said Britain is “not immune” to the inflationary “shocks” that are sweeping through the world’s richest economies. Prices have climbed [...]