G7 summit: What Boris Johnson wants to achieve in Cornwall June 9, 2021 This weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall will be Boris Johnson’s opportunity to show the western world that the UK can maintain its global status post-Brexit. Coming at a time of unique disruption, Johnson will hope the summit can help paint the UK as a global problem solver for the globe’s largest 21st century challenges. The [...]
Greater Manchester told to ‘minimise travel’ as Delta variant surges June 8, 2021 Millions of people in Greater Manchester and Lancashire have been told to “minimise travel” and to only meet people indoors as a result of rising cases of the Delta Covid variant. A “rapid response unit” has been sent to Greater Manchester and Lancashire to provide surge testing and “military support” to suppress the spread of [...]
Lex Greensill’s access to Cameron’s Number 10 ‘not normal, says ex-minister June 8, 2021 The level of access afforded to Australian banker Lex Greensill to Number 10 under David Cameron was “not normal”, according to ex-Cabinet Office minister Lord Francis Maude. Maude told MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee that it was “surprising [Greensill] he had all that No.10 paraphernalia”, after being appointed as an external [...]
City of London set to join Islington South in new constituency from 2023 June 8, 2021 The Square Mile is set to be a part of a new City of London and Islington South constituency as a part of the England Boundary Commission’s 2023 electoral review, which has proposed giving the capital an extra two parliamentary seats. The review suggests that London gets 75 seats for the next election, with one [...]
UK to create new workers’ rights watchdog to stamp out modern slavery June 8, 2021 The government has announced the creation of a new workers’ rights watchdog that will be charged with enforcing minimum wage laws, protecting agency workers and stamping out modern slavery. Formerly these three areas were overseen by separate bodies, however the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) will bring it all under one watchdog. [...]
Joe Biden set to urge Boris Johnson to solve post-Brexit Northern Ireland issues at G7 June 7, 2021 Joe Biden is set to raise pressure on Boris Johnson to not go back on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland treaty before the pair attend the G7 summit later this week in Cornwall. Biden will meet with the Prime Minister at a one-on-one meeting in London on Thursday, before the G7 summit over the weekend, with [...]
Tory rebellion on foreign aid cuts thwarted by speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle June 7, 2021 A Tory rebellion over Boris Johnson’s foreign aid cuts has been thwarted by House of Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle as he called the amendment tabled “out of order”. However, Hoyle also said the issue should be “debated and aired” in the Commons and urged the government “to give this House the due respect it deserves…the [...]
Boris Johnson says ECB should not have suspended cricketer Ollie Robinson June 7, 2021 The English Cricket Board should not have suspended Ollie Robinson for a series offensive tweets sent when he was a teenager, according to Boris Johnson and culture and sports secretary Oliver Dowden Dowden said today that Robinson’s tweets were “offensive and wrong”, but that the ECB “has gone over the top by suspending him” as [...]
Dating apps team up with government to help boost vaccine uptake June 7, 2021 A host of dating apps like Tinder and Hinge will team up with the government in a bid to boost vaccine uptake among under-30s. Users of these platforms will be given special upgrades and “vaccination badges and stickers” if they can prove they have been jabbed. Dating apps involved in the “every vaccination gives us [...]
Donald Trump hints at fresh run for White House in 90-minute speech June 6, 2021 Donald Trump has hinted he will run again for President in 2024 during a vintage 90-minute speech at a Republican rally. Trump used the speech at a North Carolina Republican campaign event to attack infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, peddle false claims that he really won the 2020 Presidential election and denounce China. Trump falsely [...]
