Tory MP says supermarket shortages are in UK’s ‘long-term interest’ October 3, 2021 A Conservative MP has today said it is in the UK’s “long-term interest” for supermarkets to face crippling shortages and that he would like more local producers to be able to sell their milk in village shops. West Dorset MP Chris Loder told a fringe event at the Tory party conference in Manchester that it [...]
Liz Truss lays out plan to strengthen west against China and other ‘malign actors’ October 3, 2021 Liz Truss has used her Conservative party conference speech to vow that “Britain’s best days lie ahead” as she plots out a new “network of liberty” to hit back against authoritarian foes. The foreign secretary said she wanted to create a series of new security alliances – similar to the recently signed Australia, UK and [...]
Liz Truss: A UK-US trade deal not ‘the be all and end all’ October 3, 2021 Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said signing a UK-US trade deal is not “the be all and end all”, after negotiations stalled this year. The former international trade secretary told a fringe event at the Conservative conference in Manchester that there are many other trade agreements the UK can close post-Brexit, apart from the long [...]
Boris Johnson admits UK shortages are here to stay until Christmas October 3, 2021 Boris Johnson has admitted the UK’s goods shortages will likely last until Christmas, while adding that “we need to see” a “period of adjustment” post-Brexit. The Prime Minister said today that he would not “pull the lever” of more immigration in the short-term to stop the lorry driver shortages. Petrol shortages are still being seen [...]
Sunak and Johnson strike deal to wean government off borrowing October 3, 2021 Prime minister Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak have brokered a deal to wean the government off borrowing to finance spending. Any new spending announced at the upcoming budget and spending review must be financed by reductions in spending elsewhere or tax hikes, Johnson has reportedly agreed to. The news was first reported by The [...]
Javid: Care workers should ‘get out and get another job’ if refuse vaccine October 2, 2021 UK health secretary Sajid Javid has said care workers who don’t want to get vaccinated should “get out and get another job” in the most hardline stance on the jab from a government minister yet. Trade bodies and care home providers have raised concerns that the deadline for the legal requirement for workers to be [...]
Where to eat, drink and sleep in Manchester this Tory conference October 2, 2021 Conservative Party Conference, which starts tomorrow, is a useful opportunity for the London bubble dwellers amongst us to be reminded of the promise beyond the M25. It sometimes feels as if Manchester is more familiar to football-crazy kids in the Far East than to denizens of this country’s capital city. So for out of the [...]
Government calls in soldiers to deliver to forecourts as fuel crisis continues October 1, 2021 The government has reportedly called in soldiers to help deliver fuel to forecourts, which will begin tomorrow, as ministers continue to grapple with the crisis that has left pumps dry. The move comes as the shortage, which has been said to be easing, was improving too slowly, the i first reported, citing senior government sources. [...]
China appoints Uyghur governor to Xinjiang amid abuse accusations October 1, 2021 A new governor has been appointed for Xinjiang, the region where China has been accused of violating the human rights of Uyghur and other Muslim minority groups. Erkin Tuniyaz, an ethnic Uyghur himself, climbed to notoriety earlier this year when he defended the country’s stance on Xinjiang. In a video address to the United Nations [...]
The Met advises women to hail a bus or run if they do not trust a male officer October 1, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has issued new advice for women who do not trust a male officer, which includes ‘waving a bus down’ for help or running away. In a statement released yesterday, Britain’s largest force advised women to “shout out to a passer-by, run into a house or wave a bus down”. The guidance was [...]