Labour’s Anneliese Dodds extends public olive branch to City of London November 17, 2020 Shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds has today made overtures to the City of London, telling a virtual conference that Labour wants to work with the financial services sector and prevent it from “turning inwards…[and] eschewing responsibility”. Dodds, speaking at a virtual conference for the TheCityUK advocacy group, said Labour understood the value the sector has to [...]
Government hits back at claims the UK is ‘back of the queue’ for Covid vaccines November 17, 2020 The government has hit back at claims that Britain is “back of the queue” for coronavirus vaccines and denied that there was a “scramble” to secure a supply of the drug being developed by US biotech firm Moderna. The business department today slammed reports in the Guardian and Metro claiming the UK had failed to [...]
Government faces lawsuit over £250m PPE contract with US jewellery firm November 17, 2020 The government is facing legal action after awarding a £250m contract for personal protective equipment (PPE) to an American jewellery company with no experience producing healthcare equipment. The Good Law Project today filed legal proceedings against the government over its multimillion-pound deal with Saiger LLC to provide equipment such as gowns and face masks to [...]
Boris Johnson tests negative for coronavirus November 17, 2020 Boris Johnson has tested negative for coronavirus after taking a rapid Covid-19 test, the Prime Minister’s spokesperson has confirmed. Johnson will continue to self-isolate at Number 10 despite not having the virus and claiming he was “bursting with antibodies”, after being told to do so by NHS Test and Trace. The PM on Sunday announced [...]
Brexit: UK not expecting trade deal to be closed this week November 17, 2020 Boris Johnson is not expecting to close an EU trade deal this week, with the UK's Brexit negotiators aiming for a final breakthrough at some point next week.
Rishi Sunak ‘pushing’ for cut in UK’s aid budget in spending review November 17, 2020 The Treasury is reportedly pushing Number 10 to slash the UK's annual foreign aid budget of 0.7 per cent of gross national income
UK Brexit chief says trade deal could be struck ‘early next week’ November 17, 2020 The UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost has reportedly told Prime Minister Boris Johnson to expect a trade deal with the EU “early next week”. The Sun reported that Frost said there was a “possible landing zone” that could be reached as early as next Tuesday. Britain and the EU are entering a key phase [...]
DEBATE: Is there a case for a ‘working from home’ tax? November 17, 2020 Richard Tice, businessman and chairman of Reform UK, says YES Nightmare: your business loses half its customers overnight. You must react: do you double your prices, adjust your cost base, or seek a bailout? This is the dilemma facing public transport companies, as millions of customers suddenly choose to work from home. Double fares, halve [...]
Boris Johnson in hot water after calling Scottish devolution a ‘disaster’ November 17, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has riled Scottish independence campaigners and some of his own party after calling the devolution of powers to Holyrood “a disaster”. The comments came during a call with around 60 English Conservative MPs, during which Johnson promised to pump money into infrastructure projects in the north. His comments were seized upon [...]
Whinging car giants are giving business a bad name November 17, 2020 News broke last week that the UK government is reportedly planning to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. As night follows day came the inevitable howls from the car industry. It’s not possible. It’s all too quick. Our societies are not ready for it. And on it goes. The reality is [...]