Three cabinet ministers face sexual misconduct allegations April 24, 2022 Three cabinet ministers and two shadow cabinet ministers have been accused of sexual misconduct, after being reported to a Westminster watchdog, along with 51 other MPs. The Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS), set up in the wake of the 2018 MeToo movement, has received more than 70 separate complaints. The Sunday Times reports that the [...]
Johnson should not resign and has ‘plenty more fuel in the tank’, says Tory chair April 24, 2022 Boris Johnson still has “plenty more fuel in the tank” and should not resign over partygate, according to Conservative party chair Oliver Dowden. Dowden said that “I do think what happened in Downing Street was wrong”, after the Prime Minister was handed a police fine for breaching Covid rules, but that he does not believe [...]
Exclusive: Six-in-ten Brits want to level down London April 21, 2022 Almost six-in-ten Brits want to level down London by shuffling jobs and government funding from the capital to the rest of the UK, according to new polling. Polling by BMG Research, and commissioned by City A.M., shows 25 per cent of people strongly support reducing “funding, jobs and opportunities” in London to “increase them in [...]
New review will consider allowing black cabs through City’s Bank junction 24/7 April 21, 2022 The City of London Corporation will launch a review into whether it should lift restrictions on black cabs and other drivers crossing through Bank junction on weekdays. Only buses, cyclists and pedestrians have been allowed on the busy Square Mile junction from 7am to 7pm on weekdays since 2017. The local authority’s Court of Common [...]
Boris Johnson will face new Commons inquiry over partygate April 21, 2022 Boris Johnson will face a new House of Commons inquiry over the Downing Street partygate scandal, after the proposal was voted through parliament today. A motion tabled by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to refer Johnson to Westminster’s Committee of Privileges for potentially misleading parliament passed this afternoon, after a shambolic U-turn by the government [...]
Russia claims victory in Mariupol despite remaining Ukraine troops April 21, 2022 Russia has claimed victory in the key port city of Mariupol after an almost two-month long attack, despite an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian troops still holding firm in a steel plant. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu today said it would take “three to four days” to defeat the final Ukrainian troops at the Azovstal steel plant, [...]
Two-in-five Brits now say they think that Rishi Sunak is ‘incompetent’ April 21, 2022 A new survey has revealed 40 per cent of Brits now think Rishi Sunak is “incompetent” – a 23 per cent increase from January. The YouGov poll also found that 38 per cent of Brits think the chancellor is “competent”, which is a 16 per cent drop from last year. It comes as Sunak’s public [...]
UK to start signing trade deals with US states like Texas from next month April 21, 2022 The UK will begin signing trade deals with individual US states from next month, with an agreement with Texas set to be inked by October. Trade minister Penny Mordaunt said the government was in discussions with 20 US states – including California and Utah – to sign the mini-trade deals, Texas and California are priorities [...]
Brexit: Rees-Mogg wants UK to look at easing capital requirements for banks April 21, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg has said the UK must consider easing requirements on how much capital that banks need to hold in reserve in order to survive economic shocks. The Brexit opportunities minister told MPs today that the government “ought to look” at easing the capital requirements for the banking sector, which were brought in after the [...]
City of London Corp to decide whether to let black cabs back to Bank junction April 21, 2022 A motion to allow black cabs to cross through Bank junction 24/7 will be reviewed by the City of London Corporation today. Under the local authority’s current rules, only buses and cyclists are allowed to cross the busy City junction between 7am and 7pm on weekdays. A motion brought forward by alderman Tim Hailes, and [...]
