New Chinese lockdowns and inflation drives down oil prices ahead of trading this week June 12, 2022 Oil prices dipped last week, after US consumer prices rose more than expected and China imposed more restrictions on millions of people.
Boris Johnson has until autumn to save his job, Lord Frost says June 10, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has until the autumn to set out a clear Conservative vision for the future or face being ousted by his own MPs, his former Brexit minister, Lord Frost, has warned. Despite having survived a bruising vote of confidence on Monday, Lord Frost said the Prime Minister could not afford to ignore [...]
Cost of filling up average family car shoots to £100 for first time June 9, 2022 The cost of filling up the average 55-litre family car has shot to £100 for the first time ever. According to data released today by Experian Catalist, petrol prices have reached an all-time record of 182.3p, going up by 1.6p from Tuesday, while diesel increased by 2.9p to 188.1p. Commenting on the increase, RAC fuel [...]
Explainer-in-brief: A look into a Health Week overshadowed by political chaos June 9, 2022 You might have not noticed amidst all the chaos, but this is “health week”. Yesterday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid pledged to implement cultural change within the NHS. Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting pointed out that currently NHS managers can’t even do their job with patients’ care because they’re too busy managing collapsing hospitals and trying [...]
Brits to be allowed to use housing benefits for a mortgage to buy their homes June 9, 2022 Allowing lower-paid workers to use housing benefits to buy their homes and an extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants should give Tory support a boost. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to confirm his intentions in a major speech today as he seeks to repair his fortunes after a bruising Tory [...]
Sadiq Khan warns Londoners to brace themselves for more violent crime due to cost of living crisis June 9, 2022 The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, warned this morning the cost-of-living crisis could lead to more violent crime. Khan spoke of his fears that progress in tackling violent crime could be jeopardised as figures show that London’s knife and gun crimes plus teenage murders have been reduced. “We must acknowledge that the spiralling cost of [...]
Number 10 renews threat to petrol retailers who don’t pass on fuel duty cut June 8, 2022 Downing Street has renewed threats to name and shame petrol retailers not handing on a 5p cut in fuel duty to customers as UK prices reach almost £2 a litre. Boris Johnson’s spokesman today said the government wants this year’s fuel duty cut to be “passed on at all sites and petrol stations”, but that [...]
Franco Manca owner says restaurants in office locations struggling to return to pre-Covid trade June 8, 2022 The owner of pizza chain Franco Manca has said its restaurants situated nearby office hubs “still have a way to go” with returning to pre-pandemic levels. However, Fulham Shore said that its small number of restaurants situated in worker hotspots were “showing continued improvement” as demand recovers after Covid lockdowns. Footfall was down 15 per [...]
Healthcare jaws drop as Sajid Javid calls NHS ‘a defunct Blockbuster video rental store in the age of Netflix’ June 8, 2022 Jaws dropped in and outside Westminster today after the Health Secretary likened the NHS to a now-defunct video rental store in a world dominated by streaming services, saying the country has a “Blockbuster healthcare system in the age of Netflix”. Downing Street said Sajid Javid told a Cabinet meeting earlier today that it is “no [...]
LIV Golf Invitational Series: All you need to know about the new Saudi-backed £200m circuit June 7, 2022 There is a lot that is new at the LIV Golf Invitational Series, which starts at Centurion Club near London this week, from the 54-hole format to the combination of team and individual scoring. But that is the tip of the iceberg, with much more profound changes to the way golf is played and watched [...]