Environmental activists block Tower Bridge causing travel disruption, with campaigner abseiling off of the London landmark April 8, 2022 Environmental protestors hung a banner saying “end fossil fuels now” as they blocked traffic on Tower Bridge and caused travel disruption as it was forced shut. Footage shared on social media showed one activist abseiling and dangling above the Thames, as police attended at the London landmark at around 7am. The campaigners, urging an end [...]
Under pressure: NHS asks families to care for covid-positive loved ones April 7, 2022 NHS chiefs have asked family members to discharge Covid-positive loved ones from hospital as services buckle under pressure.
British embassy guard facing nine charges of spying for Russia under official secrets act April 7, 2022 A British man who was an embassy guard in Germany is facing nine charges under the Official Secrets Act, accused of spying for Russia. David Ballantyne was extradited from Germany, where he was living in Potsdam and working as a security guard. The 57-year-old will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court today, over alleged offences committed [...]
Government slammed for failing to back onshore wind April 7, 2022 Energy analysts and industry bodies have criticised the government's failure to include onshore energy targets in its supply strategy.
Calls grow louder for Rishi Sunak to ‘come clean’ on family tax affairs and wife’s non-dom status April 7, 2022 Responding to the news that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife claims non-domicile tax status, the Liberal Democrats are calling for the Chancellor to ‘come clean’ on his family’s tax affairs “This news will be a slap in the face for families struggling to cope with Rishi Sunak’s crippling tax hike,” Treasury spokesperson Christine Jardine told City [...]
Sunak reportedly vetoed plan to give households extra £300 to help with energy bils April 7, 2022 Rishi Sunak reportedly vetoed a plan by civil servants to give households an extra £300 rebate in the government’s new energy strategy to help with the surging cost of bills. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), who released the new strategy today, drew up plans to increase this year’s energy rebate from [...]
‘Let people invest’: Matt Hancock makes case for liberal crypto rules April 7, 2022 Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, has come out in favour of permitting mass crypto adoption in the UK.
Days after comparison to ‘negotiating with Hitler’, Macron’s dialogue with Putin is ‘splitting Nato’ April 7, 2022 Days after Poland accused France’s president of “negotiating with Hitler” by speaking to Vladimir Putin, France has now been accused of “splitting Nato” with its continued attempts to talk with Russia. Its president Emmanuelle Macron has been keeping an open dialogue with Moscow’s leader, along with Germany. Putin has been accused of war crimes, a [...]
Energy strategy a ‘three, four, five year’ answer to crisis admits Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng April 7, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng described the energy strategy as a medium-term response which will not affect the current cost-of-living crisis.
UK Energy Strategy: Experts weigh in on plans to transform the domestic energy sector April 7, 2022 Analysts and experts assess the state of the UK's energy sector with the government announcing plans to boost domestic production.