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 [...]
On Brexit’s sixth birthday, the DUP has come back to haunt Boris Johnson June 23, 2022 The problem with inchoate rejections of globalism is that they don’t have a Facebook profile to remind you when they were born. It’s easy to forget but today is six years since Britain voted to leave the European Union. It’s Brexit’s birthday: I’ve got the candles, let’s hope the cake isn’t held up in customs. [...]
MPs launch finance watchdog unit to prevent ‘systemic risks’ from post-Brexit rule changes June 23, 2022 A cross-party group of MPs will this week launch a task force to scrutinise proposed changes to the UK’s financial service regulatory regime after Brexit. The treasury committee’s new financial services regulations subsidiary unit will spearhead interrogating tabled amendments to rules governing the City’s banks, brokers and insurers. Its work will be supported by the [...]
As the Tories fight on both political flanks, they need to ditch policy-by-stereotype June 23, 2022 TODAY’s by-elections risks exposing the government on both political flanks. A loss in Wakefield, in West Yorkshire, would dent their working class 2019 gains, and a defeat in Tiverton & Honiton, in rural Devon, would strike deep into their southern heartlands. Losses on both these fronts in the next general election could be the recipe [...]
Rayner demands records of PM’s meetings over bankers’ bonus cap June 22, 2022 Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner has demanded Boris Johnson’s office release all details of meetings he has held to discuss the bankers’ bonus cap over the past year. Rayner wrote to Johnson’s chief of staff Steve Barclay to request details of a meeting Johnson held with City figures last year where, according to the Financial [...]
Brexit has damaged UK’s competitiveness, reduced productivity and lowered Brits’ real wages, LSE says June 22, 2022 A new bombshell study said this morning that Brexit has damaged Britain’s competitiveness, reducing productivity and lowering workers’ real wages in the years ahead. The report said Britain has experienced a decline of 8 per cent in trade openness – trade as a share of economic output – since 2019, losing market share across three [...]
Google searches for ‘remote jobs’ explode by more than 260 per cent as UK crippled by train strikes June 22, 2022 There has been an explosion in searches for ‘remote jobs’ in wake of recent train strikes by more than 260 per cent. New analysis of Google search engine figures show the term has been searched at the highest level in UK internet history. This is despite politicians such as Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg and host of [...]
Starmer hits out at PM over speculation he will cut bankers’ bonus cap June 22, 2022 Sir Keir Starmer has accused Boris Johnson of “rolling over” and making plans to cut the cap on bankers’ bonuses, after reports suggesting the move is being considered in Number 10. Starmer said in Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) that Johnson’s “new approach” is “pay rises for bankers, pay cuts for district nurses”. Number 10 yesterday [...]
Watchdog set to review fees charged by Visa and Mastercard June 21, 2022 The UK’s top payments regulator has set out plans for two wide ranging reviews of Visa and Mastercard’s operations in the UK today amid concerns over soaring card fees.
Boris Johnson spokesperson says ‘no plans’ to change cap on executive pay June 21, 2022 Boris Johnson’s official spokesperson has said there are “no plans” to change a cap on executive pay. On Tuesday morning, the PM’s spokesperson added: “I think the issue being investigated is how non-executive directors are paid, rather than what the CEOs or directors are paid.” Ministers were mulling changes relating to “people being able to [...]