Name your price: How better carbon pricing can help the fight towards net zero October 6, 2020 As the old joke goes, if you get three economists together, you are likely to get at least half a dozen different opinions. But there is one thing that economists do agree on: you need to price carbon effectively if you are to shift economic activity towards a lower carbon future. About 40 countries around [...]
The government is still dragging its feet on gender recognition October 6, 2020 Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel, and for the second group, each passing day must make the thought of retreating to the bunker with the wine and olives increasingly appealing. Still, we are presented now and then with cause for optimism, an example of which presented [...]
London house prices: These capital commuter towns have seen the largest rises October 6, 2020 House prices in Greater London have edged higher in the past 12 months even as the outbreak of coronavirus posed fresh challenges for buying and selling property. Figures from Barclays Mortgages’ postcode property index have revealed the postcodes in the capital which have seen the fastest house price growth over the past 12 months. And [...]
Young Londoners buck trend to leave the capital due to coronavirus pandemic October 6, 2020 Young people are keen to continue living in London despite the trend, sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, to seek bigger and cheaper housing outside of the capital, according to the latest research. Research published this morning showed that 73 per cent of Londoners aged 25 to 44 were planning to remain in the capital, compared [...]
President Trump says he will leave hospital tonight October 5, 2020 President Donald Trump has announced he will leave hospital later today and continue his recovery at the White House. The US President took to Twitter ahead of a press briefing by his doctors to announce he will be leaving the Walter Reed medical centre later today and said he was “feeling really good”. His medical [...]
Refinitiv buys the Red Flag Group as it expands due diligence offering October 5, 2020 Data provider Refinitiv is set to expand its due diligence offering as it announces its acquisition of risk firm the Red Flag Group. Refinitiv said it was “expanding its suite of due diligence offerings” with the acquisition of what it described as a “leading provider of workflow, data, due diligence and ratings solutions”. The Red [...]
Business secretary Alok Sharma hits out at Extinction Rebellion for its ‘innefective’ methods October 5, 2020 Business secretary Alok Sharma has hit out at Extinction Rebellion for its methods, saying the environmental group’s actions will not lead to any real change. Sharma said at the Conservative party conference that the way to “achieve climate action” was not by “glueing yourself to trains, by glueing yourself to buildings [or] by disprupting peoples [...]
Oil prices jump on optimism over Trump health updates October 5, 2020 Oil prices surged six per cent today after doctors said US President Donald Trump could soon be discharged from hospital following his Covid-19 diagnosis. Brent crude rose 5.6 per cent to $41.48 per barrel this afternoon, while US West Texas Intermediate was up 6.4 per cent to $39.42 per barrel. Oil prices had dropped more [...]
Matt Hancock: Covid data glitch did not affect policy decisions October 5, 2020 A technical glitch that resulted in almost 16,000 positive Covid cases not recorded in the official data last week did not affect the government’s policy decisions, according to health secretary Matt Hancock. The government implemented more stringent lockdown restrictions in the North West last week, including in Liverpool, but the health secretary said no other [...]
Reverse new rules on hospitality – or businesses will be lost forever October 5, 2020 David Abrahamovitch is founder and CEO of GRIND The very last thing that the hospitality industry needed was a set of new rules, especially ones that undermine consumer confidence and set the entire sector back even further. It’s incredibly difficult to understand the 10pm curfew and the ‘rule of six’ in the context of the [...]
