Khan moves toward running London Tube on 100 per cent renewable electricity June 27, 2022 Sadiq Khan will today begin the London Underground’s transition to being carbon neutral as he opens London Climate Action Week. The mayor of London will today launch a Power Purchase Agreement, with the first tender spent on ensuring “10 per cent of TfL’s required electricity from renewable energy sources” along with “new build assets”. Khan [...]
Johnson prepares to bring in steel tariffs on developing countries June 26, 2022 Boris Johnson has today suggested he is preparing to bring in a series of new steel tariffs in a bid to protect British manufacturing. Johnson is also expected to announce a two-year extension to tariffs on Chinese steel exports, which would be a violation of World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. Boris Johnson today said “the [...]
Johnson warns Macron that G7 must not give Putin ‘licence to manipulate’ June 26, 2022 Boris Johnson has cautioned French President Emmanuel Macron at today’s G7 meeting that political leaders must not give Vladimir Putin a “licence to manipulate” the West. The Prime Minister waved away suggestions that the conflict should be resolved now in a veiled swipe at Macron’s recent comments that Putin must not be “humiliated” and should [...]
Minister says it’s ‘fine’ Prince Charles accepted €3m cash from Qataris June 26, 2022 It was perfectly fine for Prince Charles to accept bundles of cash worth €3m from Qatar’s former Prime Minister, according to a cabinet minister. Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis said he had no problem with the Prince’s actions from a decade ago as long as the donations went through the proper processes. The Sunday Times [...]
Boris Johnson ‘right person’ to lead Tories into election, says minister June 26, 2022 Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis has said Boris Johnson is still the “right person to lead” the Tories into the next election, despite two heavy by-election defeats on Thursday. Lewis said that the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton by-elections were always going to be “difficult” and insisted the Prime Minister can still be an election [...]
Exclusive: Sunak to unveil plan to slash EU financial services rules in Mansion House speech June 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak will unveil his plan to slash EU financial services regulations in a major set piece Mansion House speech next month. City A.M. understands the chancellor will announce details of his Financial Services and Markets Bill at the City’s annual Mansion House bankers’ dinner on 19 July and will introduce the legislation to the [...]
Khan lashes Shapps for refusing to meet over TfL funding as latest deal runs out June 23, 2022 Sadiq Khan has hit out at transport secretary Grant Shapps for refusing to meet with him over Transport for London (TfL) funding, despite the body’s latest deal running out tomorrow. The mayor of London told a group of journalists today that Shapps had not answered formal requests for a meeting that was made two weeks [...]
Johnson says it’s ‘crazy’ to think he’ll quit if he loses today’s by-elections June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson has said it is “crazy” to suggest he should quit if the Tories lose two key by-elections today. Voters will go to the polls in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton, with the Conservatives increasingly expected to lose both seats. The Tories hold only a small majority in Wakefield, with Labour expected to turn [...]
Johnson defends immigration policy in Rwandan speech June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson has defended his controversial immigration policy in a speech during his trip to Rwanda, saying that it “is in conformity with human rights”. The Prime Minister is in the capital of Kigali today for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which is held every two years. It comes after Johnson struck a [...]
Lord Frost says Boris Johnson makes ‘factually incorrect statements’ June 23, 2022 Boris Johnson’s former Brexit supremo Lord David Frost has said the Prime Minister has a penchant for “making factually incorrect statements”. The former cabinet minister said at a Westminster event today that “I wish he would not say things like that which are obviously not true”, when referring to the Prime Minister’s recent claim that [...]
