UK mulls a carbon tax on polluting imports May 28, 2021 The Prime Minister is considering a carbon tax on imports that would hinder companies outsourcing their emissions and also protect farmers and local producers from being undercut from low-regulation rivals.
Culture wars: Brits reckon divisions are ‘exaggerated but real’ May 28, 2021 Three-quarters of the public think divisions around the so-called culture wars are exaggerated by the media – but Brits still think there’s a problem. A new study published today revealed that 77 per cent of Brits believe the media often makes the country feel more divided than it really is, with a third saying they [...]
Sunak claim that Cameron and Greensill got no special treatment branded as ‘not credible’ May 27, 2021 Rishi Sunak has said Greensill Capital and David Cameron were not given preferential treatment by government – a claim blasted as “not credible” by the chair of a prominent Westminster committee. Sunak told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee that Greensill Capital’s failed bid for a large government loan “did not occupy a huge amount [...]
Matt Hancock claims UK vaccine rollout has saved 13,200 lives May 27, 2021 The UK’s vaccine rollout has saved an estimated 13,200 lives and stopped 39,000 hospitalisations, according to Matt Hancock. Hancock said at today’s press conference that three-in-four adults have Covid antibodies, including 90 per cent of over 50s, which gives people a level of immunity against the virus. The figures come as Hancock was yesterday branded [...]
Hong Kong visa applications to the UK in 2021 hits 34,300 May 27, 2021 More than 34,000 Hong Kong citizens have applied in 2021 for bespoke UK visas that were launched last year in the wake of Beijing’s democracy crackdown. New data from the Home Office out today showed that the government had approved just 5,600 of these applications so far. The visas were announced by foreign secretary Dominic [...]
Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings allegations that he is a serial liar May 27, 2021 Matt Hancock has outright denied a series of damaging allegations from Dominic Cummings that painted the health secretary as incompetent and a serial liar. Hancock told MPs today that these “unsubstantiated allegations around honesty are not true”. Cummings claimed in an explosive seven-hour committee meeting yesterday that the health secretary should have been fired “15 [...]
UK says any global tax deal must tackle Big Tech ahead of G7 meeting May 27, 2021 UK says any global tax deal must tackle Big Tech ahead of G7 meeting
Hancock to hit back at Cummings’ explosive claims he should have been fired over Covid deaths May 27, 2021 Matt Hancock to hit back at Dominic Cummings’ explosive claims he should have been fired over Covid deaths
Dom’s day out: Cummings blames PM for tens of thousands of Covid deaths as he reveals Number 10 chaos May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has laid the blame for tens of thousands of Covid deaths at the feet of Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock in an explosive seven-hour hearing in which the former Number 10 aide pulled the curtain back on a year of chaos inside government. Cummings told MPs that Johnson was “unfit” to be Prime [...]
Cummings: Boris Johnson DID say he would rather see ‘bodies pile high’ than lock down a third time May 26, 2021 Dominic Cummings has claimed Boris Johnson did say last October that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than plunge England into a third lockdown – the first person to publicly corroborate the story on-record. It was widely reported last month that Johnson was so infuriated when he was forced to announce [...]