Rishi Sunak not expected to alter furlough scheme despite Freedom Day delay June 14, 2021 Rishi Sunak not expected to alter furlough scheme despite 'Freedom Day' being scrapped
G7: What was agreed at the 2021 Cornwall summit on vaccines to climate change June 13, 2021 The 2021 G7 summit wrapped up today, after three days of meetings between leaders of the world’s richest democracies on Covid vaccines, the globe’s economic recovery and the environment. Amongst some occasional drama around Brexit and the UK-EU relationship, the seven leaders – from the US, UK, Canada, Italy, France, Japan and Germany – came [...]
G7 2021: Joe Biden urges the West to get tough on China June 13, 2021 Joe Biden has called on democratic western nations to collectively get tough on China and other “autocratic governments around the world” in order to win a grand battle of ideologies. The US President used much of his G7 summit press conference to call out China’s human rights abuses, unfair trading practices and increasingly aggressive foreign [...]
Boris Johnson plays down UK-EU rift over Northern Ireland at G7 summit June 13, 2021 Boris Johnson has tried to play down tensions between the UK and EU over Northern Ireland, after days of tense exchanges with European leaders at the G7 summit in Cornwall. Johnson said at his closing press conference that “the vast majority of the conversations we’ve had over the past three or four days have been [...]
Boris Johnson says it ‘doesn’t look’ like Covid came from Wuhan lab as G7 summit ends June 13, 2021 Boris Johnson has said he does not believe Covid-19 originated in a Wuhan lab in his closing press conference at the G7 summit in Cornwall. Johnson said that “the advice we’ve had is that it doesn’t look like this particular disease of a zoonotic origin came from a lab”, after the G7 leaders spoke about [...]
IMF boss indicates opposition to Sunak’s call for City of London exemption to G7 tax deal June 13, 2021 The head of the International Monetary Fund has strongly indicated City of London firms should not be exempt from the global tax plan agreed at the G7, after Rishi Sunak called for a special carve-out for the UK’s financial services industry. When asked by City A.M. if she supported Sunak’s push, IMF managing director Kristalina [...]
G7 Brexit brawl: Raab hits out at ‘offensive’ Macron comments on Northern Ireland June 13, 2021 Dominic Raab has slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for saying Northern Ireland is not in the UK, calling the comments “offensive” and disrespectful. Multiple media outlets reported yesterday that Macron made the claim during a fiery meeting with Boris Johnson at the G7 summit yesterday. The pair were discussing the UK-EU row over the Northern [...]
WHO boss: China owes it to 3.75m dead to reveal Covid-19 origins June 13, 2021 China owes it to the 3.75m people who have died from Covid-19 to co-operate with investigations into the origins of the virus, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Ghebreyesus told journalists today that G7 leaders had discussed the origins of Covid-19 today at a joint summit on health which he attended, [...]
G7 agrees to green global infrastructure plan to counter China’s Belt and Road scheme June 13, 2021 G7 leaders have agreed to fund green international infrastructure projects for developing countries in a bid to challenge China’s growing influence across the globe. The new Build Back Better for the World programme will see the globe’s richest democracies provide “high quality financing for vital infrastructure” in places like Africa and Asia in what is [...]
Boris Johnson hints at delay to lifting England lockdown on 21 June June 12, 2021 Boris Johnson has given his strongest hint yet that there will be a delay to the planned lifting of England restrictions on 21 June. Johnson said today that “we’re seeing unquestionably not just cases but also hospitalisations going up” and that “you’ve got to be cautious”, after reports yesterday that the unlocking date could be [...]