MPs face choice on British Steel as ministers aim to ‘take back control’ April 12, 2025 MPs face a choice between “taking back control” of British Steel or seeing the end of primary steelmaking in the UK, the industry minister said ahead of a debate on emergency legislation. Both the Commons and the Lords will break from Easter recess for a highly unusual Saturday sitting to debate a bill aimed at [...]
Chelsea received payment from Boehly-linked Vivid Seats April 7, 2025 The controversial ticket reselling site linked to Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly, Vivid Seats, made a payment to the club in the 2023-24 accounting period. A payment of £93,000 from Vivid Seats is listed under “transactions with related parties” in the club’s accounts published on Companies House over the weekend. Last month the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust [...]
Globalisation has come to an end, says minister April 6, 2025 Globalisation has “come to an end” in the wake of new tariffs imposed by the US, a Treasury minister has suggested. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones told the BBC that Britain needs to be “strong and resilient” and emphasised the importance of investing in the domestic economy, as nations and businesses are grappling [...]
First new road crossing east of Tower Bridge since 1991 to open April 6, 2025 The first new road crossing east of London’s Tower Bridge in 33 years opens on Monday. Silvertown Tunnel will connect Silvertown with Greenwich Peninsula, running under the River Thames. It is hoped the new 1.4km (0.9-mile) crossing will reduce the severe congestion around the nearby Blackwall Tunnel. But climate activists have expressed concern about the [...]
Tesco to reveal stronger sales amid price war fears April 6, 2025 Tesco shareholders will be hoping for reassurance over continued sales growth and robust profits next week amid the prospect of an intensifying grocery price war. Earlier this year, shares in the UK’s largest supermarket group struck their highest level for over a decade as it continued to strengthen its position in the grocery sector. In [...]
Scrapping non-doms could cost UK up to £111bn by 2035, ASI think tank claims April 5, 2025 Scrapping the non-doms tax status could cost the UK up to £111bn by 2035, the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is warning. The UK could also lose some 44,000 jobs by 2030 if the government enacts its plans to abolish the scheme, the free-market group has suggested. These figures are based on just over half [11,050] [...]
Jaguar Land Rover to ‘pause’ US shipments in wake of tariffs April 5, 2025 Jaguar Land Rover has said it will “pause” shipments to the US as it works to “address the new trading terms” of Donald Trump’s tariffs. A 25 per cent levy on all foreign cars imported into America came into force on Thursday, and a wider “baseline” 10 per cent tariff on goods imported from around [...]
Planning application for Cumbria coal mine dropped after legal setbacks April 5, 2025 The company behind a proposed development for the UK’s first coal mine in 30 years has withdrawn its planning application. The government confirmed on Friday that West Cumbria Mining (WCM) withdrew its application for the site near Whitehaven after years of legal and regulatory setbacks. Then-housing secretary Michael Gove first granted planning permission for the [...]
Global markets nose-dive as Trump’s tariff on UK products comes into effect April 5, 2025 Donald Trump’s 10 per cent tariff on UK products has officially come into force, with global stock markets plunging deeper into the red in response to the imposition of import taxes. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is expected to spend the weekend speaking to foreign leaders about the tariffs, after calls with the prime ministers [...]
Starmer and Trump to continue trade talks ‘at pace’ March 31, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer and Donald Trump discussed “productive negotiations” to advance a UK-US trade deal and agreed they will “continue at pace” in a phone call on Sunday night, Downing Street has said. The UK is trying to negotiate an exemption from tariffs on imports into the US. Negotiations are said to be intense, with moves [...]
