Trevelyan to push for Trump-era steel tariffs on UK to be scrapped during US trip December 6, 2021 The UK’s international trade secretary will push the White House to scrap controversial tariffs on UK steel and aluminium during a three-day trip this week. Anne-Marie Trevelyan will leave for the US today and meet with her American counterpart Katherine Tai and US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo. A Department for International Trade spokesperson said Trevelyan [...]
Exclusive: London MPs warn of DLR decline without new TfL funding deal December 5, 2021 The capital’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) will be under serious threat of long-term decline without a sustainable funding deal for Transport for London (TfL), a group of London MPs have warned. The six MPs, all Labour members in East or South East London constituencies, wrote to transport secretary Grant Shapps today to say “some of [...]
Sir Lindsay Hoyle to raise allegations of widespread parliament cocaine use to the Met December 5, 2021 House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle will raise allegations of extensive cocaine use in parliament to the Metropolitan Police this week. Hoyle today said the allegations were “deeply concerning” and that people who “flout the law” should be duly punished. The Sunday Times reported today that cocaine use was rampant across parliament, with testing [...]
Travel restrictions too late to halt Omicron, scientist warns December 5, 2021 University of Edinburgh’s professor of epidemiology Mark Woolhouse has deemed the latest travel restrictions – which require passengers to take pre-departure tests to stop the spread of the latest Covid variant – as “a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.” Speaking on BBC’s Andrew Marr this morning, Woolhouse – who [...]
Rishi Sunak starts planning tax cuts in lead up to next election December 5, 2021 Rishi Sunak has begun to plan a series of Income Tax cuts before the next election, after he promised Tory MPs in October that he would be ease the tax burden by the end of this parliament. The chancellor plotted out increases in Corporation Tax and National Income Contributions this year, that will increase the [...]
London businesses and charities call on Rishi Sunak to provide long-term TfL funding December 5, 2021 More than 80 London business, universities and charities have written to Rishi Sunak to call on the chancellor to provide a long-term funding deal for Transport for London (TfL). Signatories to the letter – including the chiefs of Eurostar International, the ExCel Centre and London City Airport – called on Sunak to provide a funding [...]
World has produced more vaccines than it can use, pharma boss warns December 5, 2021 Adar Poonawalla, chief executive of the Serum Institute of India, has warned the world has stockpiled more vaccines than it can use. Poonawalla – who has been at the helm of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer for 10 years – has said distribution, infrastructure challenges and a general vaccine hesitancy are the main causes behind [...]
Dominic Raab says people can ‘enjoy Christmas’ despite Omicron fears December 5, 2021 Dominic Raab has encouraged people to “enjoy Christmas” and that they should “get their loved ones around them”, despite fears of the Omicron variant. The justice secretary encouragaed people to still go to Christmas parties and events, before adding that his own Christmas party plans at the Ministry of Justice have been scaled back. Boris [...]
Government to introduce new drugs strategy focused on ‘diversion’ December 4, 2021 The government will announce a new drugs strategy on Monday overhauling the drug recovery and treatment system.
New legislation to criminalise catcalling expected in Parliament next week December 4, 2021 A review of hate crime legislation is expected to be proposed, asking the government to consider criminalising public sexual harassment following years of campaigning by women's rights groups, and the recent Sarah Everard case.