Biden to create commission to look into expanding Supreme Court April 9, 2021 US President Joe Biden will order the creation of a bipartisan commission to study potential reforms to the Supreme Court, including whether to expand the number of justices. The commission would tackle the “merits and legality” of specific high court reform proposals, the White House said in a statement, along with the contentious idea of [...]
London mayor candidate: Labour voters will go Green over Starmer anger April 8, 2021 Traditional Labour voters will back the Green Party in upcoming London local elections to send a message to Sir Keir Starmer, according to Green candidate Sian Berry. Berry told City A.M. that “a lot of people are frustrated with the Labour party” under Starmer and that there is “a real chance to bring people over [...]
Northern Ireland: Ministers condemn ‘deplorable’ violence in Belfast April 8, 2021 Northern Ireland’s devolved government has condemned the “deplorable” acts of violence and rioting from militant unionists over the past six nights in Belfast and beyond. Ministers said in a statement that they are “gravely concerned by the scenes we have all witnessed on our streets, including those at the Lanark Way interface [in Belfast] last [...]
Brexit: EU online deliveries to UK have halved April 8, 2021 Online deliveries to the UK from Europe have plunged 50.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, according to e-commerce shipping platform Sendcloud. New shipping requirements and extra VAT costs have drastically cut EU to UK shipments compared to the final quarter of last year. The new data has stressed the delivery issues online [...]
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of breaking ministerial code in Sadiq Khan row April 7, 2021 Labour has today accused Boris Johnson of breaking the ministerial code for using a Downing Street press conference to attack mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner is accusing the Prime Minister of using government resources for party political campaigning, a breach of the code, after Johnson said at Monday’s press conference [...]
Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan – the best of enemies April 7, 2021 Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan are never happier than when they are publicly flogging each other. The mayor of London and his Tory predecessor have gotten into countless scraps over the past year, this week’s row over Transport for London’s (TfL) funding situation is just the latest. Johnson’s claims that he left TfL’s finances in [...]
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: London must reinvent itself as EU rivals fight to take its crown April 7, 2021 JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon: London must reinvent itself as EU rivals fight to take its crown
Mayor of London election: Shaun Bailey pledges to reverse Khan’s 9.5 per cent council tax rise April 7, 2021 Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey has today pledged to reverse Sadiq Khan’s recent 9.5 council tax hike if victorious in the 6 May mayoral election. Bailey today said he would also reverse plans to extend London’s Ultra Low Emissions Zone (Ulez) and cut the capital’s congestion charge for motorists from £15 to £11.50. It comes [...]
Net zero front and centre in G7 meeting hosted by Sunak April 6, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak chaired a meeting with his G7 counterparts today, where the importance of achieving net zero emissions targets were the main focus of discussion. The meeting, which Sunak hosted alongside Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey, will be the first in a series taking place this week. In a statement the Treasury said: [...]
Sadiq Khan London mayor election manifesto: Everything you need to know April 6, 2021 London mayor Sadiq Khan launched his election manifesto today by promising Londoners that he would focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs” if re-elected on 6 May. The 100-page document, one-third larger in size than the Tories’ general election winning manifesto in 2019, outlined policies on areas such as the economy, the environment, transport, crime, housing and [...]