Not there yet: Rail numbers lag behind, reaching 62 per cent of pre-Covid levels June 16, 2022 Rail travel continues to lag behind, as passenger journeys made in the last quarter amounted to 62.1 per cent of 2019 levels. According to a report published today by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), a total of 275 million journeys were made between January and March – three times more than 2020 levels [...]
Revenue dips for musicMagpie as book sales slump June 16, 2022 Seller of refurbished products musicMagpie posted a solid performance for its half year results this morning, despite economic headwinds battering the industry.
FCA urges lenders to ‘act now’ to protect consumers from cost of living crunch June 16, 2022 The UK’s top financial watchdog has written to UK lenders today urging them to “act now” to ensure they can protect consumers amidst a cost of living crunch this year.
Use windfall tax to improve energy efficiency of British homes, argues climate charity Ashden June 16, 2022 The government should funnel revenues from the windfall tax into making the UK's housing stock more energy efficient, says Ashden.
Big Tech agrees to a big EU fake news crack down June 16, 2022 Meta, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have agreed to have a stronger approach to disinformation as the EU pushes forward with a fresh code of practice.
Government announces overhaul of Consumer Credit Act to ‘keep pace with modern world’ June 16, 2022 The government has committed to a sweeping overhaul of the Consumer Credit Act today in a bid to modernise the framework for credit firms and shift more hands into the hands of regulators.
Johnson making ‘a mockery’ of Ministerial Code, says outgoing adviser Lord Geidt June 16, 2022 Boris Johnson is making “a mockery” out of the government’s Ministerial Code, according to the Prime Minister’s outgiong ethics adviser. Lord Christopher Geidt wrote that he was put in an “impossible and odious position” this week, when asked to defend what he saw as deliberate breaches of the code, which led to him quitting his [...]
France’s Macron, Germany’s Sholz and Italy’s Draghi take train to Ukraine and offer Kyiv a ‘message of unity’ June 16, 2022 German, French and Italian leaders have visited Kyiv to send a “message of unity” to Ukraine, as officials push for more weapons to be sent to the country. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi took an overnight train, on a secret trip which reportedly took months to [...]
Government to make statement today on resignation of ethics adviser Lord Geidt, says deputy PM Raab June 16, 2022 The government will make a statement later today about the sudden resignation of ethics adviser Lord Geidt, following reports he was about to extend his role for another six months. Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab told BBC Breakfast he is expecting a “further update” from the government, but declined to confirm if Boris Johnson himself [...]
Raab says scrapping Human Rights Act will let government send migrants to Rwanda June 16, 2022 Justice secretary Dominic Raab has said scrapping the Human Rights Act will allow the government to begin successfully sending asylum seekers to Rwanda. Speaking to the BBC, Raab blamed the UK’s Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 for blocking this week’s Rwanda flight, as he said the government’s plans to replace the HRA with a new [...]