Dominic Cummings is Boris Johnson’s crazed ex-boyfriend threatening to post revenge porn on the internet May 18, 2021 We all know a Dominic Cummings. The crazed ex-boyfriend threatening to post revenge porn on the internet unless you give him his favourite jumper back, apologise for not turning up to that dinner with his mum and admit, in no uncertain terms, it was all your fault the relationship ended in tatters. Cummings has turned [...]
Frost: City of London needs to ‘get on and do its own thing’ post-Brexit May 18, 2021 Lord David Frost has said City of London firms need to “get on and do its own thing” post-Brexit as he signals that equivalence is unlikely. Boris Johnson’s UK-EU relations minister also told a House of Lords committee today that Brussels will continue to take decisions on equivalence that are “in their interest”. UK financial [...]
Brexit post-mortem for the City: London’s ‘Golden Age’ is over, warns NatWest chair Howard Davies May 18, 2021 The City of London’s will remain a global financial centre but may not see the ‘golden age’ again, according to NatWest bank chairman Howard Davies. “Almost five years after the Brexit referendum, and five months after Britain’s exit from the European Union, the future of London as a global financial centre seems secure,” the City [...]
Levelling up must mean unleashing our post-Brexit potential to reel in global investment May 18, 2021 Our recovery from the pandemic, delivering the benefits of Brexit and fulfilling the levelling up agenda are the three cornerstone challenges Boris Johnson is facing. Investment is a key to all of those. Rishi Sunak recognised that in the budget with policy initiatives ranging from super deductions to special economic zones. Public investment alone, however, [...]
Bringing home the bacon: Pork producer Cranswick raises dividend and Covid bonus after bumper year May 18, 2021 Bringing home the bacon: Pork producer Cranswick raises dividend and Covid bonus after bumper year
Frost: EU needs to get used to UK controlling its own fishing waters May 18, 2021 The EU needs to “get used to” the UK having control over its own fishing waters post-Brexit or else there will continue to be “difficulties”, according to Lord David Frost. The minister for UK-EU relations also told MPs yesterday that the post-Brexit relationship will be “a bit bumpy for a time”. There have been complaints [...]
‘Ferocious’ row blazing in Whitehall over Australia trade deal May 18, 2021 Ministers are divided over whether to sign off a trade deal with Australia after the department of agriculture and the department of internal trade could not come to an agreement on the terms. Ministers were battling over whether to grant tariff-free access to Australian farmers, the Financial Times reported, a move that could spark backlash [...]
UK government to set up new unit to exploit ‘Brexit opportunities’ May 17, 2021 The UK government is setting up a new unit to explore “Brexit opportunities” particularly around shedding EU regulations, according to Lord David Frost. Frost, the minister for UK-EU relations, said he was helping hire a new head of the unit that will come from outside government and that it would explore things like changing financial [...]
Downing Street says post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol in current form should be scrapped May 17, 2021 Downing Street has said the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol cannot continue in its current form and that it should be “urgently” changed. Boris Johnson’s spokesman told journalists today that Northern Irish businesses “have made extraordinary efforts to adjust” to the Brexit treaty’s terms, but that “it’s hard to see the way the protocol is operating [...]
Ex-Boris Johnson aide accused of lobbying for £187m government loan for firm he worked for May 16, 2021 Boris Johnson’s former top aide Lord Eddie Lister has been accused of lobbying for a £187m taxpayer-funded loan for a company he worked for while in Number 10. Lister, who suddenly left Number 10 last month, had a paid role at luxury property developer Delancey while simultaneously working for Johnson and as chairman for Homes [...]