Rishi Sunak prepares to chair G7 finance ministers summit in London June 3, 2021 Rishi Sunak will tomorrow chair the first day of this year’s G7 finance ministers summit in London, with a global taxation deal set to be on top of the agenda. The chancellor has said his major priorities for the two-day summit will be an agreement on a global tech tax and to urge other G7 [...]
Boris Johnson’s Spamalot: Conservative Party fined £10,000 over nuisance emails June 3, 2021 The Conservative Party has been fined £10,000 for sending dozens of marketing emails to people who did not want to receive them. Data watchdog the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) opened a probe into the party over 51 emails sent in Boris Johnson’s name over the eight days after he was elected prime minister in July [...]
Theresa May joins Tory rebellion against Boris Johnson’s foreign aid cuts June 3, 2021 Theresa May has joined a group of 30 Tory rebels that are preparing to defy Boris Johnson and vote against his foreign aid cuts next week. The growing group of backbenchers could hand the Prime Minister his first House of Commons defeat since his 2019 election victory by amending a bill to restore the UK’s [...]
High Court rules Home Office’s migrant barracks broke the law after Covid outbreak June 3, 2021 The High Court has ruled today that the Home Office broke the law when it housed cross-channel migrants in a run-down barracks, where around 200 people caught Covid-19. The landmark ruling regarding the Home Office’s Napier barracks in Folkestone, Kent, could pave the way for damages claims. Migrants housed in the barracks were 12 to [...]
UK looks to wrap up Australia trade deal in coming weeks June 3, 2021 The UK is aiming to close a free trade deal with Australia in the days after next week’s G7 summit in Cornwall. Both sides said last month that they would aim to sign up to an in principle agreement by June. It comes as the 11 nations of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific [...]
UK rallies Australia to up its net zero targets ahead of G7 summit June 3, 2021 The UK is rallying Australia to up its emission reduction target for the 2030s, the British high commissioner has said today, suggesting 2050 will be too late. Ahead of the UK hosted G7 meeting next week, British high commissioner Vicki Treadell said the UK was asking all attending nations to raise their interim net zero [...]
Bye bye Bibi: Netanyahu could be on way out after opposition parties strike deal June 3, 2021 A coalition of opposition parties has struck a deal to remove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power after twelve years. Centrist Yair Lapid has engineered a group including Jewish nationalists and Arab-Israelis into a wafer-thin majority in the Knesset after years of electoral deadlock in the country. If the deal makes it through Parliament [...]
UK looks to slash tariffs on Scotch whisky exports in Australia trade deal June 2, 2021 The UK is looking to slash tariffs on Scotch whisky exports in a potential Australia trade deal, according to the Department for International Trade. International trade secretary Liz Truss has made it a priority to slash the five per cent tariffs on Scotch whisky in the deal to increase opportunities for domestic distillers. Australia is [...]
Boris Johnson: England still on track to shed Covid restrictions on 21 June June 2, 2021 Boris Johnson has today maintained England is on track to further ease Covid-19 restrictions on 21 June, despite recent warnings from several government scientific advisers. However, the Prime Minister also warned it was too early to make a call as it was not clear if the country’s vaccination rollout was thorough enough to protect people [...]
Government urged to avoid ‘stigma’ on public transport over face masks after 21 June June 2, 2021 Any relaxation of face mask rules by the government on 21 June must include public transport to avoid the sector facing long-term stigma, according to a transport business body. Tom Bartosak-Harlow, from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT), told PA that “we need to see public transport moving at the same pace as the rest [...]