‘Extraordinary’: Former police chief slams Antonio Horta-Osorio’s knighthood June 14, 2021 Anthony Stansfeld, the ex-police commissioner who oversaw the investigation into the HBOS Reading fraud, has described Antonio Horta-Osorio’s knighthood as “extraordinary”. “There are a great many companies that have been destroyed, and countless lives destroyed by the actions of Lloyds Bank while under his executive control,” Stansfeld said. Ex-Lloyds Banking Group chief executive Horta-Osorio, who [...]
G7 coronavirus vaccine pledge: how far does it stretch? June 11, 2021 Leaders of the G7 countries will unveil a pledge to donate 1bn coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations at the 2021 summit in Cornwall. The pledge is part of a plan to “vaccinate the world” by the end of 2022, after western governments faced mounting pressure to do more to help the poorest countries in the [...]
‘Freedom day’ could be delayed by up to four weeks June 11, 2021 The government is considering a delay of up to four weeks to the end of coronavirus restrictions in the UK, originally planned for the 21 June. Ministers are considering a delay in order to give people more time to get vaccinated against the virus, and to give businesses more “certainty”, The Times first reported. An [...]
England’s R rate as high as 1.5, after Delta variant cases treble in a week June 11, 2021 England’s R rate is now estimated to be between 1 and 1.5, as the government considers delaying ‘freedom day’ on 21 June by up to four weeks. The epidemic could be growing as much as 6 per cent per day, according to the latest government figures. Parts of the country are worst affected than others, [...]
Exclusive: Mind Gym co-founder optimistic about the long road to pandemic recovery June 11, 2021 Workplace training provider Mind Gym announced a recovery in losses in the second half of the year, after initially suffering from the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns. The company’s chief executive Octavius Black told City A.M., “we’re absolutely back,” as the company reported a £400,000 statutory loss for the year ending 31 March, £7m less than [...]
Exclusive: Government says return to the office is up to ‘personal discretion’ when restrictions ease June 11, 2021 A government minister has told City A.M. it will be up to “personal discretion” whether businesses return to the office after 21 June, as it remains unclear if the ‘work from home’ message will be scrapped as originally planned. Small business minister Paul Scully said that “personal discretion is the key thing” when it comes [...]
Goldman Sachs orders US employees to declare their vaccination status June 10, 2021 Goldman Sachs has sent a memo to staff ordering them to report their Covid-19 vaccination status, ahead of a return to the office. The bank gave its United States employees a deadline of noon on Thursday to declare whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. In a memo first reported in The New [...]
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 [...]
Young people set a record-breaking day of coronavirus vaccine bookings June 9, 2021 More than a million people booked a coronavirus jab on the NHS website on Tuesday, as bookings went live for 25-29 year olds. A total of 1,082,596 first and second dose slots were snapped up across the day, passing the million mark for the first time. To put this in perspective, 279,678 doses were booked [...]