Classified Ministry of Defence documents left at bus stop in Kent June 27, 2021 Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the military have been found in the rain at a bus stop in Kent. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched an investigation after almost 50 pages of classified documents containing national security details were found in a soggy heap behind a bus stop [...]
Labour says Boris Johnson has ‘very dangerous blind spot’ over integrity June 27, 2021 Labour has repeated its point that the PM should have sacked Hancock immediately after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions. The prime minister has a “very dangerous blind spot” over issues of integrity and conduct in government ministers’ public life, shadow housing secretary [...]
UK population grows at slowest rate in two decades due to Covid-19 June 25, 2021 The UK population reached 67.1m in the twelve months to June 2020, the lowest annual increase since 2001. New estimates from the Office for National Statistics suggested that the population grew by 284,000 people in the twelve months to June 2020 – at a rate of 0.4 per cent. Although the UK population continued to [...]
UK green list: Airline stocks sink as update adding Ibiza, Malta and Mallorca underwhelms June 25, 2021 UK green list updates: Malta, Madeira, Ibiza, Mallorca and Barbados added
London has the lowest carbon per capita emissions of any region in the UK June 25, 2021 London has the lowest carbon per capita emissions of any region in the UK, according to the latest government figures released today. The government’s breakdown of territorial CO2 emissions in all 379 UK local authorities showed that London’s high poopulation density, the urban nature of its transport system and its lower level of industrial facilities all contributed to its low [...]
Co-op introduces support for staff affected by pregnancy loss June 25, 2021 Co-op has introduced new measures to support its employees and their partners that have been affected by pregnancy loss. Created in partnership with the Miscarriage Association, the new dedicated pregnancy loss policy was designed to support employees affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, embryo transfer loss, molar pregnancy and termination of pregnancy for any reason. Co-op’s announcement [...]
Matt Hancock admits breaking social distancing rules with aide office kiss June 25, 2021 Matt Hancock has admitted to breaking social distancing rules after pictures emerged last night of him kissing his closest aide Gina Coladangelo. The health secretary said he was “very sorry” and that he had “let people down”, as both Labour and the Liberal Democrats urged the Prime Minister to sack him. But Hancock resisted calls [...]
Half of employed adults in the UK commuting to work again June 25, 2021 Brits are making a gradual return to the office, as around half of all UK working adults travelled to their place of work in the last two weeks, new data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed today. The proportion of working adults who commuted to the office last week reached 49 per cent, [...]
Changes to UK amber list travel rules will be “later this summer” June 24, 2021 Travel to the UK’s amber list countries will be quarantine-free on return for fully vaccinated Brits “later this summer,” under government plans still being decided. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government is still considering plans and will set out further details on amber list travel in July, delaying what the travel industry had hoped [...]
JP Morgan may mandate all US staff to get Covid vaccine June 24, 2021 JP Morgan Chase also ordered all US employees to disclose their vaccine status by the end of June. America’s largest bank has sent a memo to all US staff “strongly urging” them to get a Covid vaccine before a planned return to the office in July – and dangled the possibility of mandatory vaccination. “We [...]
