UK sanctions five banks in response to Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine February 22, 2022 The UK has sanctioned five Russian banks and three oligarchs close to the Kremlin in response to Vladimir Putin’s move last night to invade parts of Eastern Ukraine. Boris Johnson told MPs this afternoon that Rossiya Bank, IS bank, Genbank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank have all been barred from trading in the UK [...]
Boris Johnson to outline next phase of Covid plan as England drops all restrictions February 20, 2022 Boris Johnson will tomorrow bring forward the government’s plan for the next phase of Covid as England prepares to drop all pandemic restrictions. Johnson today told the BBC that it was time to change England’s Covid strategy to his “living with Covid-19 plan” and that “now is the moment for everybody to get their confidence [...]
Major Tory donors offered access to ministers through secret ‘advisory council’ February 20, 2022 Leaked documents have revealed that major Tory donors, including several billionaires, have been offered wide-ranging access to ministers through a secret “advisory council”. The Sunday Times reports that the 14 permanent members of the group, who have all donated at least £250,000, were given access to ministers to lobby on behalf of their companies throughout [...]
Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very, very likely and very, very imminent’, says minister February 20, 2022 A Russian invasion of Ukraine is “very, very likely and very, very imminent”, Europe minister James Cleverly has said. Cleverly said today that “at the moment, an attack, an invasion seems far more likely than unlikely but we will continue to work to try and avert that”. Boris Johnson last night said Russia was planning [...]
Exclusive: Starmer to back away from 2019 Labour manifesto with series of key speeches February 18, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer will try to definitively distance himself from Labour’s far-left 2019 election manifesto in a series of key speeches over the next few months. This will begin next week when the Labour leader makes a speech outlining his stance on some “meaty” economic issues as he sets out “a totally distinct path from [...]
Joe Biden: Russia invasion of Ukraine likely in ‘several days’ February 17, 2022 Joe Biden believes a Russian invasion of Ukraine will happen in the “next several days” and that Moscow’s claims of military de-escalation are untrue. The US President today said the threat of invasion was “very high” and that he believed a false flag operation – in which Russia would fake a Ukrainian attack as a [...]
MPs call for full compensation for postmasters falsely accused of theft in Horizon scandal February 17, 2022 The government should ensure the 555 postmasters wrongly accused of theft in the Horizon scandal receive full compensation, according to MPs on Westminster’s Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis) Committee. The committee today said it was wrong that some of the victims would be left worse off than others and that everyone involved should get [...]
Khan denies giving Dick sacking ultimatum over Charing Cross officers February 17, 2022 Sadiq Khan has flatly denied reports that he gave Cressida Dick an ultimatum to sack rogue Metropolitan Police officers or be sacked herself as commissioner. The Times today reported the London mayor demanded the now outgoing Met commssioner sack officers at the Charing Cross police station – who were found to have made a slew [...]
Three in four UK exporters say Brexit trade deal is stopping growth February 17, 2022 Just under three in four British exporters believe the UK-EU post-Brexit trade deal is not helping them increase sales, according to a new survey from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). The survey found 71 per cent of businesses disagreed with the statement that Boris Johnson’s trade deal was “enabling their business to grow or [...]
UK and Australia sign new defence and security agreement February 16, 2022 The UK and Australia have signed a new defence, security and trade agreement as a part of the government’s efforts to strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Pacific. Boris Johnson and Scott Morrison spoke at 8.30pm this evening to formalise the pact, which will see the UK agree to spend £25m for “regional projects [in the [...]
