Boris Johnson asked if Rishi Sunak will keep his job: ‘The answer to that is yes’ April 22, 2022 Boris Johnson has given an assurance that Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be in post for the Autumn budget, but declined to say Priti Patel would remain in her role. The embattled incumbent of Number 10 was asked, during his visit to India, whether Sunak would stay in his job in wake of partygate, responding “the [...]
Exclusive: Six-in-ten Brits want to level down London April 21, 2022 Almost six-in-ten Brits want to level down London by shuffling jobs and government funding from the capital to the rest of the UK, according to new polling. Polling by BMG Research, and commissioned by City A.M., shows 25 per cent of people strongly support reducing “funding, jobs and opportunities” in London to “increase them in [...]
New review will consider allowing black cabs through City’s Bank junction 24/7 April 21, 2022 The City of London Corporation will launch a review into whether it should lift restrictions on black cabs and other drivers crossing through Bank junction on weekdays. Only buses, cyclists and pedestrians have been allowed on the busy Square Mile junction from 7am to 7pm on weekdays since 2017. The local authority’s Court of Common [...]
Boris Johnson will face new Commons inquiry over partygate April 21, 2022 Boris Johnson will face a new House of Commons inquiry over the Downing Street partygate scandal, after the proposal was voted through parliament today. A motion tabled by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to refer Johnson to Westminster’s Committee of Privileges for potentially misleading parliament passed this afternoon, after a shambolic U-turn by the government [...]
Russia claims victory in Mariupol despite remaining Ukraine troops April 21, 2022 Russia has claimed victory in the key port city of Mariupol after an almost two-month long attack, despite an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian troops still holding firm in a steel plant. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu today said it would take “three to four days” to defeat the final Ukrainian troops at the Azovstal steel plant, [...]
New wave of UK sanctions targets Russia’s war machine April 21, 2022 Vladimir Putin’s war leaders have become the latest target of UK sanctions. 26 individuals have been hit with restrictions in wake of Russia’s renewed assault on the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Lushank. Among those targeted are Lt Colonel Azatbek Omurbekov, a Commanding Officer in the Russian Army with involvement in the ‘Bucha massacre’. [...]
Covid hotels cost taxpayer £400m as government looks to recoup costs on wasted PPE April 21, 2022 Covid hotels to house people coming into the UK during the pandemic cost £400m, and it is not clear if they were effective, according to a new report by a watchdog. The National Audit Office (NAO) released a study this week, claiming it was unknown whether they stopped new variants from entering the country and [...]
Two-in-five Brits now say they think that Rishi Sunak is ‘incompetent’ April 21, 2022 A new survey has revealed 40 per cent of Brits now think Rishi Sunak is “incompetent” – a 23 per cent increase from January. The YouGov poll also found that 38 per cent of Brits think the chancellor is “competent”, which is a 16 per cent drop from last year. It comes as Sunak’s public [...]
EU edges towards deal to share emissions cuts April 21, 2022 European Union member states are closing in on a deal to share the burden of cutting greenhouse emissions within the bloc.
UK to start signing trade deals with US states like Texas from next month April 21, 2022 The UK will begin signing trade deals with individual US states from next month, with an agreement with Texas set to be inked by October. Trade minister Penny Mordaunt said the government was in discussions with 20 US states – including California and Utah – to sign the mini-trade deals, Texas and California are priorities [...]