Mark Carney and George Osborne have been asked to reveal the details of their Brexit discussions May 24, 2016 Mark Carney has come under pressure to reveal details of his meetings with George Osborne in the run-up to the EU referendum. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative MP who sits on the Treasury Select Committee (TSC), asked the governor of the Bank of England whether he had notes, documents or minutes from his conversations with the [...]
London Mayor has announced a raft of new deputy mayors, focusing on housing, transport and policing May 24, 2016 NULL
EU referendum: Mark Carney clashes with Jacob Rees-Mogg over Brexit warning at Treasury Select Committee May 24, 2016 Mark Carney has defended the Bank of England's Brexit analysis as he faced accusations of becoming "politically involved" with the EU referendum in a tense hearing in front of MPs. Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg accused the chancellor of making unprecedented political interventions of the kind that would be impossible before a general election. Carney fired back in [...]
London mayor Sadiq Khan names his deputies for housing, transport and police – but Lord Adonis misses the top job May 24, 2016 The new mayor of London Sadiq Khan has revealed his deputy mayors, who will be charged with overseeing the capital's policing, transport and housing. Val Shawcross CBE, who has been a London Assembly member for 16 years, will be made deputy mayor for transport and deputy chair of Transport for London. For the last eight years she [...]
Here’s how Uber wants to solve commuting May 24, 2016 Uber has already revolutionised our late night trips after a night out, but now Uber wants to do the same for your daily commute to work. The boss of the billion dollar startup Travis Kalanick has spoken about one of the bigger plans for the company and the future of commuting – carpooling. "Is there a way that someone could pick [...]
Surprise: Tickets to some of London’s biggest shows are being sold illegally on online second-hand ticket sites May 24, 2016 Tickets to some of the biggest theatre and music events in London are being sold illegally through online second-hand ticket ticket sellers, according to research released today. Research from consumer watchdog Which? shows websites such as StubHub, Viagogo and Seatwave are selling tickets without fully informing consumers about what they're buying. Customers are not receiving details about the face [...]
The deficit is even higher than we thought – again May 24, 2016 The UK's deficit is even higher than first thought, according to new figures released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this morning. Public sector net borrowing – the amount of cash the government has to borrow to plug the difference between its income and outgoings – came in at £76bn for the 2015/16 [...]
This brain train tool could help you drink less alcohol May 24, 2016 Anyone who failed miserably at dry January, or any attempt to drink less thereafter, might want to give this free online tool a try. It uses a brain-training technique, known as a "cognitive bias modification", to reduce an individual's unconscious preference for alcoholic drinks over non-alcoholic ones. Users are tested for a bias towards alcohol based on [...]
Brexit’s Got 90s Talent: Farage and Brexiteers deploy East 17 and 5ive May 24, 2016 There's a serious generation gap when it comes to how the nation will vote in June's referendum, but it looks like the Leave campaign has a new plan to woo the younger generation who are more in favour of staying in Europe, according to the polls. What better way to target young people than a live concert bringing [...]
These are the MPs Mark Carney will be up against at the Treasury Select Committee May 24, 2016 Nobody enjoys select committee hearings. Mark Carney, however, might be the exception to that rule. For a man who wears a pained expression every time he is probed on something Brexit-related, the governor of the Bank of England has really been stepping up the warnings of late. And it's set to make for a tasty showdown at [...]