Boris Johnson to chair Cobra meeting today as UK tries to get nationals out of Afghanistan August 16, 2021 Boris Johnson will hold a Cobra meeting at 12.30pm today as the government tries to get thousands of UK nationals and foreign visa holders out of Afghanistan. Number 10 said the current focus was on getting hundreds of people out of Kabul each day as the security situation becomes more dangerous in the Afghani capital. [...]
Government to review energy firms that exaggerate their green credentials August 16, 2021 The government is set to launch a review into energy tariffs that falsely claim to be green amid concerns that some firms are exaggerating their environmental credentials. Energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said 9m households are on energy tariffs that are branded as 100 per cent renewable or green, but industry figures have warned the claims may [...]
Boris Johnson: Afghanistan must not become ‘breeding ground for terror’ again August 15, 2021 Boris Johnson has said western countries must work together to stop Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist breeding ground again as the Taliban is set to take the capital of Kabul. The Taliban is expected to soon declare a new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from the Presidential Palace, after democratically elected leader Ashraf Ghani fled the country [...]
Boris Johnson to recall parliament to discuss Afghanistan crisis August 15, 2021 Boris Johnson is set to recall parliament during summer recess to discuss the developing crisis in Afghanistan. He is also set to hold an emergency Cobra meeting today to discuss the UK’s potential actions as the Taliban prepare to take over the capital of Kabul. The Prime Minister will tell MPs to come back to [...]
Channel 4 bring in ex-Ofcom chief in bid to fight privatisation August 15, 2021 Channel 4 has brought in the former head of media watchdog Ofcom to help try and fight off the network’s planned privatisation. Flint Global, a firm founded by former Ofcom boss Ed Richards, has been drafted in by the network as it tries to avoid being sold in private hands. The Sunday Telegraph also reports [...]
Afghanistan: Taliban enters Kabul as western embassies withdraw August 15, 2021 The Taliban has now entered the Afghanistan capital of Kabul as western embassies withdraw diplomatic staff in anticipation of for the takeover of the city and the president flees. Taliban fighters have already taken over every other major city in the country, just months after the US began its complete withdrawal from Aghanistan. President Ashraf [...]
Meggitt chairman says government must be prepared to intervene in takeover war August 15, 2021 The chairman of defence technology firm Meggitt has said that the government has to be prepared to intervene in a takeover battle for the company to guarantee a commitment on future investment and jobs. Sir Nigel Rudd said any prospective buyer of Meggitt had to give assurances to keep the firm’s Coventry headquarters open and to [...]
Britain 2030: How far will UK foreign policy tilt toward the Asia Pacific? August 13, 2021 Boris Johnson’s victory in dragging the UK out of the EU was supposed to herald a new dawn for the country’s foreign policy, with his “Global Britain” agenda at the fore. It is perhaps unsurprising we are not much clearer about what this phrase means 20 months on, despite the release of a much heralded [...]
Just 15 per cent of central London workers back in the office, says think tank August 12, 2021 Just 15 per cent of central London workers have returned to their place of work, according to new figures from the Centre for Cities think tank. The new figures for the last week of July showed that central London has the lowest amount of workers who have returned to the office out of any city [...]
UK lobbying regulator investigating Philip Hammond August 11, 2021 Former chancellor Philip Hammond is being probed by the UK’s lobbying regulator, after contacting a Treasury official on behalf of a bank he was working for. The Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists is investigating whether Hammond should have disclosed his contact with senior Treasury mandarin Charles Roxburgh in July 2020. Hammond was contacting [...]
