Government paves way to end fracking moratorium with new survey April 5, 2022 The government has announced a survey into fracking ahead of the unveiling of its long-awaited energy strategy.
City stalwart quits as PM’s LGBT+ business champion over conversion therapy row April 5, 2022 City stalwart and Cicero/amo chair Iain Anderson has quit as Boris Johnson’s LGBT+ business champion over the government’s position on conversion therapy. The communications executive, who was appointed to the unapid role in 2021, announced today that the government’s decision not to ban trans conversion therapy was the catalyst for his resignation and was “deeply [...]
War on words: Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia over ‘false information’ April 5, 2022 A Russian watchdog has threatened to fine Wikipedia unless it removes an unfavourable account of the invasion of Ukraine.
Speculation rages that top civil servants will be implicated in full Gray partygate report April 5, 2022 Top Whitehall staff are reportedly braced for senior civil servants to be implicated in Sue Gray’s full report into partygate, after the government’s ex-ethics chief was handed a police penalty notice last week. Former head of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office Helen MacNamara was given a £50 fine by the Metropolitan Police, after [...]
Merkel defends blocking Ukraine’s Nato bid as Zelensky criticises her ‘policy of concession’ to Moscow April 5, 2022 Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her decision to block Ukraine’s Nato application, as President Zelensky criticised her “policy of concession” towards Moscow. The former leader was called out by President Volodymyr Zelensky, who also took aim at France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy, after mass graves and hundreds of unarmed civilians were found in [...]
Civilian ship sinking in Mariupol after Russian shelling April 5, 2022 Ukraine says a civilian ship is sinking in the port of Mariupol after Russian forces fired on it. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry said the ship was struck during “shelling from the sea” by Russia, causing a fire in the engine room. The crew was rescued, including one injured crew member, it added. The ministry said [...]
Russian Army soldiers killed ‘for amusement’ in what look like war crimes, says British military bigwig: ‘Systematic and deliberate’ April 5, 2022 The former head of British military operations in Afghanistan has said images of dead civilians in Ukraine point to war crimes committed by Russian troops. Colonel Richard Kemp, a former member of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said there appears to have been a policy of systematically killing civilians to spread terror. Asked if video footage [...]
Eastern Ukraine holds its breath for fresh ‘large scale assault’ by Russian Army April 5, 2022 Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba warned of a “large-scale” assault on the east and south of his country as Russian troops regroup, having been pushed back from the capital. He told reporters, during a joint press briefing with Ms Truss, that there had been “some hesitation” in the West about providing Ukraine with “all [...]
Government’s plan to redirect asylum seekers to Rwanda grows clearer April 5, 2022 Plans to “outsource” the processing of asylum seekers is reportedly going ahead, with the prime minister expected to make an announcement soon. Boris Johnson wanted to announce a trial of the plans last week, following an uptick in migrant crossing along the Channel, The Times first reported. However, with the plans half-baked, according to [...]
MPs question why promised security review into sale of UK semiconductor giant to Chinese company is not happening April 5, 2022 The takeover of a hi-tech British company to a Chinese-owned firm has allegedly “not begun”, MPs have said as they question why it is taking the government so long. Prime Minister Boris Johnson last year asked national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove to examine the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab by Nexperia for a reported [...]