Matt Hancock denies Dominic Cummings’ claim he lied to the Prime Minister over Covid-19 June 10, 2021 The health secretary has denied Dominic Cummings’ accusations that he lied to Boris Johnson during the pandemic, telling MPs that he followed the “clinical advice” at all times. Giving evidence to MPs at a joint inquiry by the Health and Social Care and Science and Technology Committees on the government’s coronavirus response, Matt Hancock insisted [...]
Boris Johnson is set to lift Covid-19 limit on weddings June 10, 2021 Boris Johnson will lift the 30-person limit on weddings, even if the June 21st easing of lockdown is delayed, according to reports last night. The prime minister, who married Carrie Symonds on May 29 in a secret ceremony capped at 30 attendees, is understood to be determined to relax current wedding restrictions this month, The [...]
Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm, court rules June 9, 2021 Government broke the law with Covid contract for Cummings-linked polling firm
US investigates leaked records alleging billionaires including Musk and Bezos pay little tax June 9, 2021 The Treasury Department has asked authorities to investigate tax records cited in a media report that showed some of America’s richest people paid little to no income taxes. US media outlet ProPublica said it obtained a “vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data” on the tax returns of thousands of the nation’s wealthiest people, covering [...]
UK and US joining forces on climate action at G7 may boost trade deal chances June 9, 2021 UK and US joining forces on climate action at G7 may boost trade deal chances
Analysis: Last German state election could provide clues to Bundestag poll itself June 8, 2021 What does the last state election before Germany’s Bundestag poll tell us about the future of the country’s politics – and the EU? German historian and sociologist Rainer Zitelmann takes a look. On Sunday, elections were held in Saxony-Anhalt – one of the five former East German states. The election had long been the subject [...]
Bitcoin dips after Donald Trump says cryptocurrency ‘seems like a scam’ June 7, 2021 Bitcoin’s price dipped today after former US President Donald Trump said the cryptocurrency “seems like a scam” and called for regulators to take action. In an interview with Fox Business Network, Trump ramped up the rhetoric against Bitcoin, complaining it posed a risk to the US dollar. “Bitcoin, it just seems like a scam,” he [...]
Kremlin critic Navalny returns to prison after hunger strike hospital recovery June 7, 2021 Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was sentenced to 2.5 years in February, has been returned to prison after recovering from a hunger strike at a hospital in a different prison. The opposition politician had declared a hunger strike in late March in a bid for better medical care in prison after experiencing acute leg and [...]
Sir Martin Sorrell’s ad agency terminates office leases to go fully hybrid June 7, 2021 London-based S4 Capital, the advertising agency run by Sir Martin Sorrell, has terminated several office leases as staff are being encouraged to adopt fully flexible hybrid working practices. The advertising guru, who resigned from his previous firm WPP in 2018, said creativity is not being lost by the arrangements. “We always knew that our people, [...]
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