Cladding campaigners call for financial aid to cover remediation of other fire hazards January 9, 2022 Cladding campaigners have called on ministers to do more to help leaseholders of unsafe buildings facing “ruinous debts”. Housing minister Michael Gove is expected to announce tomorrow that leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18.5m in height will no longer be forced to take out personal loans to cover the cost of removing dangerous cladding. [...]
Tony and Cherie Blair under fire for £76k furlough payout January 8, 2022 Tony and Cherie Blair face criticism for their use of the furlough scheme, following a string of companies that have been told to hand back payments.
Dominic Cummings: No 10 may have broken lockdown rules January 8, 2022 Former Downing Street adviser Dominic Cummings said a "senior No 10 official" invited people to "socially distanced drinks" in the garden in May 2020.
U.S. jobs growth slows well below forecasts January 7, 2022 US jobs growth fell well below forecasts in December as rising COVID-19 infections disrupted economic activity, according to official data released today. The figure in the US Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that the US economy added 199,000 jobs in December, after economists polled by Reuters had anticiapted a rise of 400,000. Unemployment levels [...]
Questions grow over Boris Johnson’s ‘Great Exhibition 2’ promise via WhatsApp to Tory donor who paid £112k for flat January 7, 2022 The Prime Minister’s apparent support for a “great exhibition” plan backed by a Tory donor who helped pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat is under scrutiny this morning. Whatsapp messages released yesterday showed Boris Johnson discussed the proposal with Lord Brownlow while at the same time as requesting his help with the [...]
More than half a million Brits sign petition to cancel Sir Tony Blair’s knighthood January 4, 2022 Support for a petition to have former prime minister Tony Blair’s knighthood “rescinded” is gaining momentum, as more than half a million people have signed so far. Sir Tony was appointed by the Queen a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, the oldest and most senior British Order of Chivalry. The [...]
100 Tory seats at risk: Voters abandon Boris Johnson en masse as Keir Starmer makes Red Wall comeback and leads nationwide January 2, 2022 A majority of Brits doubt Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister this time next year, as Keir Starmer has won voters’ hearts back in the Red Wall, according to a new poll. The Deltapoll survey of the 57 constituencies the Tories gained in the 2019 General Election, most of which could be considered part of [...]
Musk urges there is room for ‘billions’ of satellites in Earth’s orbit, following SpaceX backlash December 30, 2021 Elon Musk has urged that there is room for “tens of billions” of satellites in Earth’s orbit, amid concerns that SpaceX is hoarding space for its own. The European Space Agency suggested that Musk was blocking out smaller rivals in space. It is not the first time the billionaire has drawn criticism from the agency, [...]
Michael Gove urged to explain why £330,000 was spent on fixing driveway of Tory peer Lord Gage December 30, 2021 Michael Gove is urged to explain accusations his department approved £330,000 to fund pothole repairs on the driveway of a former Tory peer. The public money was spent fixing a track leading to Charleston Farmhouse, an independently-run museum and art gallery within the grounds of a country estate owned by the 87-year-old aristocrat Lord Gage, [...]
Disclosed: Tony Blair Blair wanted to ‘kiss the Lib Dems to death instead of kicking them to death’ December 30, 2021 Files released by the National Archives today show that former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown was keen to expand co-operation between New Labour and his own party – dubbed “the project” – following Tony Blair’s landslide general victory in 1997. In fact, Ashdown wanted to redesign the House of Commons as a symbol of his [...]