Red hot inflation to burn £20bn hole in UK public coffers January 12, 2022 Red hot inflation sweeping throughout the UK is set to burn a £20bn hole in the country’s public finances, one of the City’s leading economists warned today. Britain’s intensifying cost of living crisis will erode Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s room for tax giveaways in the run up to the next election. A swelling interest bill triggered [...]
Scottish Tory leader Ross Douglas calls for Boris Johnson to resign January 12, 2022 The leader of Scottish Tory party has called for Boris Johnson to resign as his premiership comes under increasing threat over the Downing Street parties scandal. Ross has told Sky News that Johnson has to go as Prime Minister after admitting today that a lockdown-busting party happened on 20 May 2020 in the Downing Street [...]
French police arrest suspect over murder of British family in the Alps January 12, 2022 French police have arrested a suspect over the unsolved murder of a British family in the Alps a decade ago. Police said a man in custody was there to ‘verify’ his schedule for the days around the attack. Iraqi-born British engineer Saad al-Hilli, his wife Iqbal, Mrs al-Hilli’s mother Suhaila al-Allaf and a cyclist, Sylvain [...]
New laws could force social media influencers to post disclaimers on edited body images January 12, 2022 Dr Luke Evans, GP turned Conservative MP, is set to introduce the Digitally Altered Body Image Bill into the House of Commons today, which will force social media stars to display warning logos on edited body image photos.
Ministers handing PPE contracts via ‘VIP lane’ ruled unlawful by High Court January 12, 2022 The government’s PPE ‘VIP lane’ for politically connected suppliers has been found to be unlawful by the High Court today. The so-called ‘VIP lane’ saw ministers handing Covid-19 contracts worth millions to suppliers connected to people they knew on a “flawed basis”, the Court added. The Court said: “There is evidence that opportunities were treated [...]
Boris Johnson admits Number 10 broke lockdown rules with May 2020 party January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson has finally admitted Downing Street broke the government’s own Covid rules by throwing a staff garden party in May 2020, but claimed he was unaware that it was not a work event. In a grovelling apology to the House of Commons today, Johnson said he knew “the rage [people] feel with me and [...]
All eyes on PMQs as Boris Johnson’s premiership is ‘hanging by a thread’ January 12, 2022 Boris Johnson’s premiership is hanging by a thread today, as angry Tory MPs and outraged Brits await Prime Minister’s Questions to see whether he will come clean over a party during lockdown. Reports that Johnson and his then fiancé Carrie Symonds attended a “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden during lockdown [...]
Hong Kong to draft own national security laws, Carrie Lam confirms January 12, 2022 Hong Kong has tabled plans to draw up its own national security laws, nearly two years after Beijing imposed the controversial set of laws on the city in the wake of mass protests. The city’s leader Carrie Lam confirmed that her government would draft “local legislation” that meets Article 23 of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution – [...]
Where is Boris? No 10 eerily quiet as resignation calls grow over ‘bring your own booze’ party but Johnson ignores demands to come clean January 12, 2022 The Prime Minister is facing an increasingly hostile and outraged Conservative Party as he will meet with MPs today amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid lockdown rules. Boris Johnson will make his first public appearance [...]
UK signs preliminary investment deal with Oman January 12, 2022 The UK has struck a preliminary investment partnership deal with Oman that sees the Middle East country pledge to increase future foreign direct investment into the UK. The deal was signed in London yesterday by UK trade minister Gerry Grimstone and AbdulSalam Al Murshidi, president of Oman’s sovereign wealth fund. The deal comes as the [...]