Ministers set to unveil data reform bill in Queen’s Speech May 6, 2022 Ministers are preparing to unveil a new data reform bill to allow the UK to split from EU privacy laws, according to reports.
Investment giants batten down the hatches as inflation soars May 6, 2022 Investment giants are braced for rampant inflation and an extended period of rate hikes after the Bank of England warned yesterday the economy is at risk of sliding into recession this year.
Local election bloodbath: Furious Tories turn on Boris Johnson as Labour’s victory train rolls into Westminster, Wandsworth and Barnet May 6, 2022 The Conservative Party has lost all major London authorities to Labour and suffered setbacks across England as Boris Johnson faces a backlash from local Tory leaders. Labour has taken control of Westminster City Council in London for the first time since its creation in 1964. The Conservative Party has also lost control in Wandsworth, considered [...]
Boris Johnson never left election mode to make sense of his patchwork of policies May 6, 2022 Boris Johnson was made for elections, he was built to shake hands and make people laugh - the guy you’d like to go for a beer with, is the oft-cited description of the Prime Minister. But since taking up office in 2019 with a storming majority, Johnson has stayed firmly in election-mode and never actually started governing.
UK ports call on government to compensate them for delaying post-Brexit checks by 18 months May 5, 2022 UK ports have called on the government to compensate them for delaying post-Brexit checks by more than a year and a half. According to the ports, the government delays on checks on European animals and plants announced last week mean that the high-tech facilities built for the inspections will remain empty until the end of [...]
Japan to sign historic defence pact with UK as PM Kishida woos London business leaders May 5, 2022 A new defence pact in the Pacific and post-Brexit trade are high on the agenda, as Japan’s prime minister meets his UK counterpart today. Fumio Kishida and Boris Johnson are set to sign off on an agreement which allows British and Japanese forces to deploy together, against the backdrop of war in Ukraine. The deal [...]
D-Day for Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer as polls are now open: All you need to know about the 2022 local elections May 5, 2022 Millions of Brits around the country will go to the polls todayfor the 2022 local elections. Voters will be choosing local representatives in England, Scotland and Wales and there will also be an election for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Polling stations have just opened and close at 10pm. When will the results be announced? After [...]
Boris Johnson needs to find the Tory heartlands before he fights for them May 5, 2022 The biggest challenge facing the Conservative Party is not just the growing question of who leads it but also where in the country it can build an electoral majority. Put simply: is the future heart of conservatism likely to be in Southern home counties or in the post-industrial towns of the North and Midlands? The [...]
As the British Virgin Islands fights off corruption, the UK must learn our help can hurt May 5, 2022 Last week, the Premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in the US on drug smuggling charges; corruption and the ongoing power imbalance in the dying embers of the British empire has once more been thrust into the spotlight. This is a constitutional crisis. However, the proposed solution of direct rule from London reveals [...]
Take the Brexit bus: Brits living in Spain no longer allowed to drive after deal collapses May 4, 2022 Tens of thousands of British nationals living in Spain are no longer able to use their current licence as the UK and Spain have failed to reach a post-Brexit deal on the use of British driving licences. From 1 May, British expats in Spain are hit by a driving ban as they are no longer [...]