Artist Gavin Turk on getting arrested, collecting junk and trying to save the planet October 30, 2019 A generation of artists and musicians and filmmakers are starting to engage with climate change in the way creators in the mid-1960s engaged with the anti-war movement. You couldn’t move during this year’s Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, for instance, without falling over an oblique reference to the planet dying. But in the case [...]
Election will not break Brexit deadlock, say majority of Brits October 30, 2019 The majority of Brits think the upcoming General Election will not break the Brexit deadlock as Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopes it will, a new poll has found. Read more: Fourth time lucky as MPs vote for December General Election MPs voted overwhelmingly for a 12 December election yesterday. Johnson is set to campaign on [...]
Effigy of speaker John Bercow to go up in flames to celebrate bonfire night October 30, 2019 An 11-metre effigy of outgoing Commons speaker John Bercow holding the heads of Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn will go up in flames on Saturday to celebrate bonfire night. Bercow – alongside the prime minister and Labour leader – was today unveiled as this year’s Guy for the Edenbridge Bonfire Society, which has poked fun [...]
Boris Johnson pays backhanded tribute to speaker John Bercow October 30, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid outgoing speaker John Bercow a backhanded compliment today when he compared him to lauded physicist Stephen Hawking. Johnson said Bercow has had the “longest retirement since Frank Sinatra” after the speaker announced on 9 September he would step down from the role. Read more: Brexit Party shows its election hand [...]
PMQs: Corbyn hammers Johnson over NHS as election campaign looms October 30, 2019 Jeremy Corbyn kick-started his 2019 election campaign this afternoon, hammering the Prime Minister over the NHS in all of his questions during PMQs. The Labour leader claimed Boris Johnson’s “sell-out” Brexit deal would see NHS money “going into private profit”. He argued a Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, broadcast this week, showed the health service had [...]
Audit watchdog calls for better risk forecasts to improve public trust in business October 30, 2019 The audit watchdog today called for firms to provide more information on strategic risks to help improve public trust in business. High-profile failures like travel agent Thomas Cook and outsourcer Carillion have led to fingers pointed at companies and their auditors with questions raised over why risks were not set out in the company’s accounts. [...]
General election 2019: Liberal Democrats stand aside for Dominic Grieve October 30, 2019 The Liberal Democrats will not stand a candidate against former Conservative Dominic Grieve, as part of pro-Remain push to block Brexiters in the election campaign. The MP, who has represented Beaconsfield since 1997, was sacked last month alongside 20 others, for having voted against the government, effectively preventing a no-deal Brexit. Yesterday 10 of the [...]
Business administrations soar 20 per cent October 30, 2019 Business administrations in England and Wales jumped 20 per cent in the third quarter, rising to the highest level for more than five years. In the third quarter the number of companies entering administration rose to 484 from 403 in the previous quarter. Company insolvencies rose 0.4 per cent on the previous quarter to 4,355 [...]
Q&A: What is behind Fiat Chrysler’s proposed mega-merger with Peugeot? October 30, 2019 After Fiat Chrysler’s (FCA) deal with Renault fell apart over the summer, chairman John Elkann has wasted no time in finding a new suitor – Peugeot-owner PSA. The two European automakers are in talks over a potential tie-up that could create a £36bn giant, in a move which highlights how urgently car makers are looking [...]
Amber Rudd to quit parliament at general election October 30, 2019 Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said she will not stand in December’s general election, but will likely return to the Conservative party before leaving. She joined Patrick McLoughlin, former transport secretary and Conservative party chairman, who also announced this morning he would not be contesting his seat at the snap election. Read more: Therese [...]