Johnson will not ‘lecture’ Modi over Russia stance during India trip April 20, 2022 Boris Johnson will not “lecture” Narendra Modi about his unwillingness to condemn Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine during his trip to India this week, according to Number 10. The Prime Minister will arrive in India tomorrow for a two-day visit, which will include a meeting with Modi in New Delhi to speak about strengthening economic [...]
Angry leaseholders protest against footing cladding bill outside Parliament April 20, 2022 Angry leaseholders and tenants have gathered outside Parliament to protest the Building Safety Bill which is being debated in the Commons today. The Bill aims to fix cladding on taller buildings which have been deemed a major fire risk, following the Grenfell disaster in 2017, but has handed leaseholders the responsibility to fund the fixes. [...]
Macron has not spoken to Putin since the Bucha massacre April 20, 2022 France’s president Emmanuel Macron has not spoken to Vladimir Putin since the massacre in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. The politician, who is seeking re-election, was heavily criticised for engaging with the Kremlin, speaking to its leader 18 times since December. “Since the massacres we have discovered in Bucha and in other towns, the war [...]
‘Crazy war’: Sanctioned Russian banking billionaire urges West to give Putin ‘a clear exit to save face and stop this massacre’ April 20, 2022 Vladimir Putin’s “crazy war” has been condemned by sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Tinkov, who said 90 per cent of people disagree with it. The founder of the country’s second biggest credit card issuer took to Instagram to criticise the authoritarian president and the Kremlin’s brutal assault on Kyiv. Tinkov, who has lived in the UK [...]
Interim Met boss: Police have more than ‘just a few bad apples’ April 20, 2022 The interim commissioner of the Metropolitan Police has admitted there are more than “just a few bad apples” in the police force, after a series of scandals. Sir Stephen House told MPs on the Home Affairs Committee today that “it’s not a few bad apples – you can’t simply say [convicted murderer] Wayne Couzens and [...]
UK judge orders Julian Assange to be extradited to the US April 20, 2022 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the US after all, following a long legal battle, after a UK judge ordered him stateside to face a 175-year sentence. The US Department of Justice indicted Australian-born Assange on 18 counts, including breaking spying laws and conspiring to hack government computers. The decision will now move [...]
Johnson: BBC and Archbishop Welby ‘less vociferous’ in criticism of Putin than Rwanda refugee policy April 20, 2022 Prime minister Boris Johnson has hit out at the BBC and Archbishop of Canterbury over criticism of his controversial Rwanda refugee policy. The embattled PM accused the national broadcaster and Anglican leader of being “less vociferous” in their criticism of Vladimir Putin’ war in Russia, than the policy, according to the Telegraph. This comes after [...]
Cyber hack leaks personal details of UK government employees, which appear on Russian sites April 20, 2022 A suspected cyber attack leaked personal information of UK government employees, which appeared on Russian online sites. The foreign office launched an urgent investigation into the alleged hack, as it seeks to explore the origin of the leak amid fears a hostile foreign state was involved, according to the Telegraph. It told City AM we [...]
Hospitality bosses: Government should ‘do everything possible’ to urge workers back to desks April 19, 2022 City centre business groups have called for the government to have more urgency in encouraging commuters back to offices after figures revealed low attendance numbers at government departments. There was a daily average of only one third of staff back at their desks at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), in numbers [...]
UK to give more artillery to Ukraine as Russia starts new offensive April 19, 2022 The UK will give more artillery to Ukraine’s army to help them fight off Russia’s new offensive in the country’s East. Boris Johnson today said the “urgency was greater” to arm Ukraine in light of Russia’s new push in the Donbas, while adding that the war “will become an artillery conflict, they need support with [...]