Opponents hit out at Khan over pledge to scrap higher Congestion Charge April 26, 2021 Sadiq Khan has pledged to attempt to scrap the “temporary” £15 congestion charge if he is reelected as Mayor of London in May, prompting a wave of criticism from his opponents. The Labour Mayor raised the charge from £11.50 last June in order to secure a government bailout for Transport for London (TfL) amid the [...]
Serco tagging trial falls through after SFO declines to offer evidence April 26, 2021 Two former Serco executives have been cleared of defrauding the Ministry of Justice after the SFO declined to offer evidence. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) brought claims against Nicholas Woods and Simon Marshall, who were accused of “defrauding the taxpayer” by concealing £12m in profits related to an electronic tagging contract for offenders. Today a [...]
The Super League was a bungled sales pitch from start to finish April 26, 2021 It could have been a news story tailor-made for the short attention span of the 2020s: the Super League, a football competition intended to rival or replace the UEFA Champions League at the summit of the European game, was announced last week. It floundered for a moment, before falling into abeyance in a shorter time [...]
How mead emerged as the drink of summer 2021 April 26, 2021 These are heady times for British mead. The honey-based drink is thought to be the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage. It was probably being made in China in 7000 BC and King Arthur counted it amongst his favourite tipples. Chaucer mentions “braggot”, a form of mead made with honey and barley malt, and the Ancient Hindus [...]
Boris Johnson denies making ‘let the bodies pile high’ comment over Covid lockdown April 26, 2021 Boris Johnson has denied saying that he would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than implement a third national lockdown. The Prime Minister firmly denied the allegation in a broadcast interview this afternoon, after the explosive allegation was published by the Daily Mail yesterday. A source close to Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove [...]
Pininfarina Battista: 1,900hp hyper-EV is coming to London April 26, 2021 The Italian brand will show off its £2 million electric hypercar in the capital, as part of a world tour to drum up interest.
More UK home sellers are getting above asking price than at any time since Brexit vote April 26, 2021 The number of UK properties that sold for more than the original asking price jumped to the highest level in more than six years last month. The latest research showed that 16 per cent of homes sold for more than their initial price tag in March, compared to 11 per cent in February. This is [...]
Exclusive: Ministers discuss plans to revamp Covid homeless scheme in London April 26, 2021 A new cross-Whitehall group has been set up to help coordinate policy on London-focussed issues, with a revamp of last year’s Covid homeless scheme among its early priorities. The ministers involved are looking at whether last year’s Everyone In scheme could be used as a platform to provide health and other services to homeless people [...]
BP Q1 results: What to expect April 26, 2021 BP will tomorrow kick off a big week for the FTSE 100’s oil giants when it reports its first quarter results, with the firm seeking to bounce back from 2020’s $5.7bn (£4.1bn) loss. With oil prices now hovering back around pre-pandemic levels due to a combination of Opec-led production cuts and optimism over the global [...]
The City View podcast, with Bulb’s Hayden Wood April 26, 2021 This week Andy Silvester speaks to Bulb founder and CEO Hayden Wood, the renewable energy company that now supplies almost one-tenth of UK homes and is seen as the fastest growing firm in Europe. Andy and Hayden talk about Bulb’s growth, the challenges of managing in a pandemic, and what more the Government can be [...]
