PM bets big on nuclear but energy industry complains it’s too little in face of price crisis April 8, 2022 The supply security strategy failed to power optimism yesterday, with the energy industry warning it offered little to ease price concerns.
Sunak reportedly vetoed plan to give households extra £300 to help with energy bils April 7, 2022 Rishi Sunak reportedly vetoed a plan by civil servants to give households an extra £300 rebate in the government’s new energy strategy to help with the surging cost of bills. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), who released the new strategy today, drew up plans to increase this year’s energy rebate from [...]
Energy strategy will not resolve cost of living crisis April 7, 2022 A new dawn for the UK’s energy sector will be unveiled today, when the Prime Minister finally announces the country’s energy strategy.
UK to push forward with nuclear revolution as Johnson unveils energy strategy April 6, 2022 The UK will drastically expand its number of nuclear power plants and offshore wind farms as a part of Boris Johnson’s newly unveiled energy strategy. Tomorrow’s strategy will include plans to create a new government body, Great British Nuclear, and a £120m Future Nuclear Enabling Fund in a bid to build eight new reactors across [...]
UK announces more sanctions on Russia’s largest bank Sberbank April 6, 2022 The UK has slapped more sanctions on Russia’s largest bank Sberbank and banned all outward British investment into Russia. Sberbank and Credit Bank of Moscow now have all their UK assets frozen, after similar measures were taken against other major Russian banks last month, with the pair also unable to do business in Britain. The [...]
Hospitality business owners to pay £215m more in tax this year thanks to NI rise April 6, 2022 British pubs, restaurants and hotels will be forced to pay £216m more in taxes this year thanks to today’s rise in National Insurance for employees and employers. New figures collated by the Liberal Democrats also showed that workers in the hospitality industry will be hit with a £137m extra tax bill this year, after the [...]
Johnson says NI tax rise ‘unquestionably’ right thing for UK as tax hike comes in today April 6, 2022 Boris Johnson has said the increase in National Insurance is “unquestionably the right thing for our country” on the day the tax hike comes into place. Johnson said he has “absolutely no problem” with the tax hike as “we’ve got to give our doctors and our nurses the wherewithal, the funding” to deal with the [...]
Sunak’s public popularity falls off a cliff as new poll reveals 24-point drop April 6, 2022 Rishi Sunak’s popularity has taken a mighty blow, with a new poll revealing that his approval rating has fallen by 24 points in the two weeks since his mini-budget. A YouGov poll has revealed that Sunak’s approval rating has dropped to -29 in the two weeks since his economic spring statement, which was widely criticised [...]
Britain’s love of Channel 4 is blinded by nostalgia, it’s time to finally sell up April 6, 2022 From a quasi-outsider’s perspective – I lived in Australia for the first 26 years of my life – Channel 4’s current makeup seems bizarre. It is state-owned, but commercially funded. Editorially independent, but bound by a legislative public service remit. The notion of having a public broadcaster that provides news coverage free from all commercial [...]
Ukraine: Johnson urges Russian citizens to ignore Kremlin propaganda on war crimes April 5, 2022 Boris Johnson has made a plea for Russian citizens to not believe Kremlin propaganda about war crimes committed in Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky today accused the United Nations (UN) of giving Vladimir Putin the “right to sow death”. In a recorded message released for Russian civilians, the Prime Minister said reports of mass civilian killings by [...]
