Matt Hancock habitually used private email account for government business June 27, 2021 The now ex-health secretary’s decision to use a private account for government business concealed information from government officials and potentially the public. Former health secretary Matt Hancock is under investigation for using a personal email account rather than an official account to conduct government affairs during the pandemic, in a breach of ministerial guidelines, according [...]
Classified Ministry of Defence documents left at bus stop in Kent June 27, 2021 Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the military have been found in the rain at a bus stop in Kent. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched an investigation after almost 50 pages of classified documents containing national security details were found in a soggy heap behind a bus stop [...]
Shop small and shop online: changed consumer habits are powering micro-businesses June 27, 2021 It comes as no surprise the nation’s GDP shrank by 1.5 per cent in the first quarter of this year. The third lockdown took its toll on businesses of all sizes. As the economy recovers, we need to steer the nation to smoother waters by supporting even the smallest of small businesses. Micro-businesses make up [...]
Bolster trade with Indo-pacific June 27, 2021 Amidst high inflation and a difficult economic outlook, it would be easy for our country to turn inwards in search of a panacea. But to echo the sentiments of John Donne – a famous poet born in the City of London – “no man is an island, entire of itself”. The same is also true [...]
In centralised finance we distrust June 27, 2021 Crypto AM columnist Dr Chris Kacher talks about his lack of faith with centralised finance and how BTC can beat the FUD.
Labour says Boris Johnson has ‘very dangerous blind spot’ over integrity June 27, 2021 Labour has repeated its point that the PM should have sacked Hancock immediately after video footage emerged of him kissing an aide in his ministerial office in a breach of coronavirus restrictions. The prime minister has a “very dangerous blind spot” over issues of integrity and conduct in government ministers’ public life, shadow housing secretary [...]
CBI: UK private sector grows at fastest pace since May 2015 June 27, 2021 Private sector activity across the UK economy grew at its fastest pace since May 2015 in the three months to June, new data showed today. Manufacturing and distribution activity accelerated at record rates of 37 per cent and 60 per cent respectively, according to the CBI’s latest monthly growth indicator. “With much of the economy [...]
DeFi defying gravity: risk, reward, hype and FUD June 26, 2021 Alex Lightman walks us through how decentralised finance works, including the risks and trends to look out for.
Police arrest 12 ahead of weekend of London protests June 26, 2021 Police have made 12 arrests and confiscated equipment ahead of a big weekend of planned protests in London. The Met is braced for a string of protests across the capital this weekend, including ant-lockdown and climate change demonstrations. Officers carried out raids on three locations in London yesterday, including a warehouse used by Extinction Rebellion. [...]
Pressure builds on Boris Johnson to sack Matt Hancock over affair June 26, 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to sack Matt Hancock after pictures emerged of the health secretary kissing an aide. Hancock has apologised for breaking social distancing rules after CCTV footage showed him in an embrace with Gina Coladangelo, reportedly taken in his Westminster offices on 6 May. The prime minister’s spokesperson yesterday [...]
