Vote Leave’s Brexit architect Dominic Cummings set for top role under Boris Johnson July 24, 2019 One of the key architects of Brexit, Dominic Cummings, is poised to take on the role as senior adviser to the incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The former Vote Leave director has also served as an adviser to former education secretary Michael Gove, who is also tipped for a top job in Johnson’s Cabinet. The [...]
Boris Johnson prepares to reward Brexiters with cabinet roles July 24, 2019 Boris Johnson will officially become Prime Minister today after a meeting with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. The Queen will ask Johnson to form a government once Theresa May hands in her resignation. Read more: Boris Johnson wins the race to be the UK’s next Prime Minister by a landslide Johnson is then expected to [...]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson moves to mend relationship with UK business July 24, 2019 Boris Johnson has moved to rebuild his relationship with the business community by hiring Sky executive Andrew Griffiths as part of his Number 10 team. A source close to Griffiths said Johnson’s appointment of the Sky veteran – who most recently served as the broadcasting giant’s chief operating officer – was “a clear sign of [...]
What is PM Boris Johnson worth? More than £300,000 in City donations July 23, 2019 Newly-elected Tory party leader Boris Johnson collected over £300,000 in donations from City and business figures in the build-up to his campaign to be the next Prime Minister. Johnson, who received over 90,000 votes in the Tory leadership election, will be appointed Prime Minister tomorrow after Theresa May hands in her resignation. Read more: Boris [...]
Stobart suffers bloody nose as investors revolt against pay July 23, 2019 A campaign by former Stobart boss Andrew Tinkler to oust chief executive Warwick Brady floundered today but a chunk of investors gave the firm a bloody nose in a spat over pay. Tinkler, who has been engaged in a number of court battles with Stobart over his failed attempt to oust former chairman Iain Ferguson [...]
Boris Johnson wins race to be UK Prime Minister by a landslide July 23, 2019 Boris Johnson will become the UK’s next Prime Minister after he overwhelmingly defeated rival Jeremy Hunt in the Tory leadership race. Johnson won 92,153 votes compared with 46,456 for Hunt on a turnout of 87.4 per cent. Read more: Boris Johnson’s to do list in his first 100 days as Prime Minister The former mayor [...]
Farewell, Failing Grayling: Here are your five finest moments in office July 23, 2019 Any article written about transport secretary Chris Grayling over the past year has tended to start with a not-so-favourable adjective. “Embattled”, “Beleaguered” and “Failing” spring to mind. As of this week, Grayling – who is likely to be ousted as the head of the Department for Transport (DfT) when Boris Johnson enters No.10 – can [...]
Heathrow passenger numbers climb to record 39m July 23, 2019 Heathrow passenger numbers reached a record high of 38.8m in the first half of this year, a near two per cent increase on the previous year. The figures Profit before tax dropped at the airport dropped from £289m from the six months ended June 2018 to just £7m over the same period in 2019. Revenues [...]
Jo Swinson elected leader of the Liberal Democrats July 22, 2019 Jo Swinson has become the first female leader of the Lib Dems after beating rival Sir Ed Davey in a vote of party members. Swinson received about 47,900 votes compared with just over 28,000 votes for former energy secretary Davey on a 72 per cent turnout. Swinson said she was “over the moon” to be [...]
Holidaymakers face ‘perfect storm’ this summer as British Airways pilots vote in favour of strike action July 22, 2019 British Airways pilots have voted strongly in favour of industrial action in a dispute with the airline over pay. Ninety-three per cent of those balloted voted in favour of strike action, on a turnout of 90 per cent. Brian Strutton, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association, said: “This strong result demonstrates the resolve [...]
