Audioboom rakes in £50m in third quarter as advertising revenue perks up October 17, 2022 Podcast giant Audioboom has announced it took in £50m up until September, a 44 per cent increase on last year. The firm said quarterly revenue was however down from £15m to £14.3m as a tough economic climate continued to impact its intake. A boost in advertising revenue of £68m in 2022 so far has helped [...]
Hunt to make statement on fiscal plan TODAY in bid to calm markets October 17, 2022 Jeremy Hunt will make an announcement today in Parliament about the government’s so-called Medium-Term Fiscal Plan. The chancellor’s statement is a bid to calm the markets, bringing forward the details of the now much-derided mini-budget, outlined by his predecessor. Hunt will issue his plans later today and also speak in the House of Commons this afternoon. [...]
24 arrests: Climate activists target Met HQ with paint and gluing themselves to road October 14, 2022 Police arrested 24 campaigners who daubed orange paint at New Scotland Yard and blocked a road by gluing themselves to it. Officers detained the campaigners who are continuing a near two-week campaign of disruption, protesting policies about fossil fuels. In a statement, the Met police said “officers have arrested 24 protesters on suspicion of conspiracy [...]
Trade minister says Truss ‘deserves the confidence of the country’, as PM announces press conference October 14, 2022 Newly-appointed trade minister Greg Hands has come out fighting for prime minister Liz Truss, saying she “deserves the confidence of the country”, as Liz Truss announces a press conference today at 2pm. The cabinet official defended the embattled resident of Number 10 who is facing the prospect of an embarrassing U-turn on corporation tax. It [...]
Sadiq Khan announces return of in-person New Year’s Eve fireworks display to capital October 14, 2022 Up to 100,000 people will return to the banks of the Thames for London’s spectacular New Year’s Eve celebrations after two years of Covid cancellation. Ticketholders will be able to watch the fireworks display in the centre of London for the first time since 2019, Mayor Sadiq Khan has announced. Coronavirus restrictions prevented the display [...]
Kwarteng returns from US early for crisis talks with Truss amid speculation of U-turn and a Tory coup October 14, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng is to cut short his visit to the United States, to hold crunch talks with the Prime Minister before an expected mini-budget U-turn. The embattled finance chief left the International Monetary Fund gathering and headed home overnight, following a fiery briefing with journalists. This comes as The Times reported that a group of [...]
Labour would ban fracking ‘for good’ if Starmer gets into power October 13, 2022 Labour has committed to ban fracking “for good” if it was to get into office, while condemning a plan for a price cap on renewables. Keir Starmer’s party called of the Prime Minister to call of plans to block renewable energy projects, while calling fracking “expensive, dirty, and dangerous” Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine [...]
Crash landing in sea: British space firm’s Iceland rocket launch ends in failure October 13, 2022 A British space company’s attempted rocket launch off the coast of Iceland ended in failure, with the projectile travelling just 500 metres before crashing into the sea. Rival to Elon Musk’s SpaceX firm, Skyrora held an unannounced launch of its Suborbital Skylark L rocket today, ahead of a full UK launch from next year. The [...]
Cleverly blasts Tory MPs for attacking Truss and wanting ‘quotable tweets’ October 13, 2022 Britain’s foreign secretary James Cleverly has hit out at Conservative rebels for publicly criticising Liz Truss over her spending plans, accusing them of being concerned with “having quotable tweets”. Cleverly’s comments comes after Tory MPs began to publicly call into question Liz Truss’ policies yesterday. A frenetic meeting of the backbench 1922 Committee last night [...]
‘Back again? Dear oh dear’: King Charles greets PM Liz Truss October 13, 2022 King Charles appeared to mutter ‘dear oh dear’ as he met Prime Minister Liz Truss in his first audience with her since he became the new monarch. In a video widely shared online, Truss is seen entering the room in Buckingham Palace and being introduced before bowing, and saying: “Your Majesty, great to see you [...]
