Jenrick warns of coming ‘frustration and disruption’ as hundreds of thousands to be ‘pinged’ by app July 18, 2021 Robert Jenrick has today warned that the next month will be blighted by “frustration and disruption” as hundreds of thousands of people are set to be pinged by the Test and Trace app. The housing secretary also said the government stood by the decision to only exempt double-jabbed people from self-isolating from 16 August as [...]
Government unveils new ‘hospitality strategy’ to boost sector post-Covid July 16, 2021 The UK’s hospitality businesses are set to receive increased support through the government’s vocational training programmes in a bid to boost the sector post-Covid. The new “hospitality strategy” will also see the government work with the British Business Bank and other lenders to “support access to finance for hospitality firms so they can invest in [...]
Londoners may be set for bumper 5 per cent TfL fares hike in 2022 July 15, 2021 Londoners could face a 5+ per cent hike in Tube fares next year as Transport for London (TfL) is forced to adjust its prices to ballooning inflation. Under the terms of TfL’s most recent government bailout, the transport body has to increase its prices each year by 1 per cent more than the retail price [...]
City lawyer takes government to High Court over Northern Ireland Protocol July 15, 2021 Four businesses will submit evidence against the government to England’s High Court in the coming weeks in a bid to prove the Northern Ireland Protocol infringes on the European Convention of Human Rights. Clive Thorne, partner at City of London firm McCarthy Denning, is representing the four Northern Irish businesses and says he is trying [...]
Government refuses to commit releasing probe into Chinese takeover of UK chip plant July 15, 2021 The government has refused to commit to releasing a review into the takeover of the UK’s largest chip plant by a Chinese-owned semiconductor firm. Boris Johnson announced last week that his national security adviser would probe the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab, after his government initially said there were no grounds to intervene in the [...]
Boris Johnson promises not to ‘decapitate’ London as a part of levelling up agenda July 14, 2021 Boris Johnson will today vow not to “decapitate” London and other “tall poppies” during the government’s levelling up agenda as he gives further details of his government’s trademark policy programme. Johnson will say that we “don’t think you can make the poor parts of the country richer by making the rich parts poorer” and that [...]
Government calls for ‘gradual return’ to offices over summer after 19 July July 14, 2021 The government has today suggested workers go back to the office gradually after 19 July as Covid cases are expected to keep rising. The government’s advice for employers includes calls for workers to reduce the number of people they have contact with, the use of face masks in some situations and ventilation checks in offices. [...]
Johnson confirms football banning orders to be given to online racial abusers July 14, 2021 People who racially abuse footballers online will be banned from attending matches, Boris Johnson has confirmed. The Prime Minister also said social media firms that do not get racism off their platforms will face fines amounting to 10 per cent of their global revenues as a part of the future Online Harms Bill. Three black [...]
Tory MPs call for rethink of party’s stance on taking the knee July 14, 2021 Senior Tory backbench MPs have called for a change of attitude from their party over taking the knee in the wake of a racism row with English footballers. Former Brexit minister Steve Baker said the fallout from racist abuse received by three black English players should be a “wake-up call” to the Tory party over [...]
Johnson warns pandemic ‘not over’ as 19 July freedom day to go ahead July 12, 2021 Boris Johnson has warned the pandemic “is not over” as the government today confirmed that so-called freedom day will go ahead on 19 July. Johnson said that “we cannot revert from 19 July as it was before Covid”. “We will stick to our plan to lift legal restrictions and to lift social distancing,” he said. “We [...]
