Budget cancelled as Rishi Sunak prepares to unveil new business support package September 23, 2020 Rishi Sunak has cancelled his planned autumn Budget and will instead announce a new package of emergency support for UK businesses in a bid to stop mass unemployment. Sunak was supposed to unveil his second budget this year within the next few weeks, with the chancellor preparing the country for the next stage of its [...]
Brexit: Kent to get ‘internal border’ to monitor incoming lorries September 23, 2020 Police will soon have to monitor Kent’s border and turn away lorries without an “access permit” as a part of the government’s Brexit plans. Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said officers will use number plate recognition technology to monitor truckers travelling into Kent, with some characterising the plans as amounting to an internal UK border. [...]
More England coronavirus restrictions inevitable, says Chris Whitty September 23, 2020 Boris Johnson has been warned by his chief medical adviser that England will soon be forced to ban visits between households to stop the country’s second coronavirus wave. The Prime Minister announced a raft of stringent new measures yesterday, including a 10pm curfew for all hospitality venues, enforced table service at hospitality venues and requirements [...]
Coronavirus loans: Labour shadow minister calls for extra assistance September 22, 2020 The government should look to alter its coronavirus emergency loan schemes to assist companies that may struggle to pay back their debts, according to a Labour shadow cabinet member. Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson told City A.M. in a wide-ranging interview that some firms are “are in a much more fragile position [...]
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson imposes stringent new restrictions for up to six months September 22, 2020 Boris Johnson has imposed a swathe of stringent new restrictions that could last for up to six months if no new coronavirus treatments or vaccines are found. New restrictions in England from Thursday will include a 10pm curfew, enforced table service at hospitality venues and requirements that all retail and hospitality workers wear face masks [...]
Keir Starmer lashes out at Jeremy Corbyn and invokes Labour PMs in conference speech September 22, 2020 Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has slammed his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn for the party’s 2019 landslide election defeat and vowed that the party will never “not be trusted” on national security or the economy again. Starmer said in his first conference speech as Labour leader that the party “deserved” to lose last year’s General Election [...]
Coronavirus: Pubs and restaurants forced to shut at 10pm from Thursday September 21, 2020 Boris Johnson will tomorrow put a 10pm curfew on all English restaurants, pubs and hospitality venue in an attempt to curb surging coronavirus rates. The new rules, which will come into force on Thursday, will also see the hospitality sector restricted to table service only. The intervention comes after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases [...]
Sir Keir Starmer to make direct plea to lost working class voters in major speech September 21, 2020 Sir Keir Starmer will centre his Labour party conference speech tomorrow around “family values” and British patriotism in a bid to win back lost working class voters. Starmer will ask voters in the North and Midlands, who deserted the party at the 2019 election, to “take another look at Labour” and tell them that “we [...]
Increase coronavirus alert level, say UK’s top medical officials September 21, 2020 The UK’s chief medical officers have called for the government to increase the coronavirus alert level from three to four, which could see new restrictions imposed. A statement signed by the nation’s four top medical officials said they have “reviewed the evidence” and that “the number of cases are now rising rapidly and probably exponentially in significant parts [...]
Exclusive: Internal report says ex-People’s Vote boss has ‘case to answer’ on sexual harassment allegations September 21, 2020 A former Labour election strategy chief and boss of the People’s Vote campaign “has a case to answer” in regards to multiple allegations of sexual harassment, according to a report commissioned by a company he used to lead. An inquiry conducted by the anti-Brexit European Movement group and seen by City A.M. lists a string [...]
