Labour MP Jack Dromey dies suddenly aged 73 January 7, 2022 The shadow minister, who had held the seat of Birmingham Erdington since 2010, has passed away in his constituency this morning, aged 73.
Questions grow over Boris Johnson’s ‘Great Exhibition 2’ promise via WhatsApp to Tory donor who paid £112k for flat January 7, 2022 The Prime Minister’s apparent support for a “great exhibition” plan backed by a Tory donor who helped pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat is under scrutiny this morning. Whatsapp messages released yesterday showed Boris Johnson discussed the proposal with Lord Brownlow while at the same time as requesting his help with the [...]
Freezing personal allowance and higher rate tax rates will push 1.2m Brits over 40 per cent tax threshold January 7, 2022 New research shared with City A.M. this morning shows that over one million more people will pay a higher tax rate by 2026. The analysis by the House of Commons Library – first published in The Daily Telegraph – says around 1.2m additional workers will find their earnings going over the 40 per cent tax [...]
Government calls in army to support NHS in hospitals across London as Omicron surges January 7, 2022 As staff shortages are growing quickly due to Covid-19, the Ministry of Defence said this morning it has been asked to deploy troops in London to support the NHS in hospitals across the capital. Around 200 armed forces personnel are being made available to hospitals across the capital, which has been the epicentre of the [...]
Truss warns Putin that Ukraine invasion would be ‘massive strategic mistake’ January 6, 2022 Liz Truss today reconfirmed the UK’s commitment to impose sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine, with the foreign secretary set to visit Kiev later this month. Truss told MPs that Russian President Vladimir Putin “has run a long campaign to subvert freedom and democracy in Ukraine” and that “any further military incursion into Ukraine [...]
Sadiq Khan hits out at rail union over planned six-month Tube strike January 6, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at the UK’s largest rail union for its planned Tube strike tomorrow, saying that the long-term industrial action will “cause further devastation” for London’s economy. London Underground staff from the The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) will walk off the job on Friday and Saturday evenings [...]
PM cleared of breaking ministerial code in Downing Street flat refurb probe January 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has been criticised for “acting unwisely” during a probe into his controversial Downing Street flat refurbishment, but has been cleared of breaking the ministerial code. It was revealed today that Johnson apologised to his ministerial standards adviser Lord Christopher Geidt for misleading him in the investigation, after the Prime Minister failed to disclose [...]
MI6 chief thanks China for ‘free publicity’ after leaked ‘James Pond’ spoof mocks western intelligence January 6, 2022 The head of MI6 makes an unprecedented response to China’s state news agency after it released a James Bond spoof mocking western intelligence.
Sunak recommits to April National Insurance rise amid cabinet jitters January 6, 2022 Rishi Sunak has today recommitted to April’s National Insurance rise, after it was reported that he faced cabinet backlash over the measure this week. Sunak said today the tax rise is needed to deal with “an unprecedented level of backlogs within the NHS”, after it was reported that House of Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg called [...]
Johnson blames new phone number on failing to disclose messages on Downing Street flat refurb January 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has reportedly said he did not disclose messages about donations for his Downing Street flat refurbishment because they were on an old phone. It comes as Johnson is expected to be cleared today of wrongdoing by his own ministerial standards adviser Lord Christopher Geidt over undisclosed donations to the Tory party from Lord [...]