City boom: Banks launch record recruitment drive… yes, despite Brexit January 24, 2022 The City’s banking jobs market is booming in a sign that London is scuppering bets laid on Brexit hitting its attractiveness, reveals a fresh study released today. UK banks have never been looking to hire this many staff, with vacancies in the sector skyrocketing 129 per cent over the last year, according to research carried [...]
Nusrat Ghani: Boris Johnson orders inquiry over Islamophobia allegations January 24, 2022 The Prime Minister has ordered an inquiry into a Conservative MP’s allegations was fired from a ministerial job as her Muslim faith was making colleagues uncomfortable. Boris Johnson has asked the Cabinet Office to conduct an inquiry into the claims from Nusrat Ghani, Downing Street said on Monday. “As he said at the time, the [...]
Covid-19 curbs decimate London’s retail economy January 24, 2022 Onerous restrictions on daily life during the pandemic has decimated London’s retail economy, reveals a fresh study released today. The capital’s retailers lost nearly a year’s worth of sales during the pandemic, underlining the severe blow curbs on economic activity has delivered to London’s shops, pubs and restaurants, research carried out by the Centre for [...]
Gray report to look at alleged lockdown parties in Johnson’s own Downing Street flat January 23, 2022 Sue Gray’s report into allegations of lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street will also look into claims that illegal events happened in Boris Johnson’s own flat in Number 11. The Gray report is expected to be released in the coming week, with The Sunday Times reporting that the senior civil servant is now investigating allegations that [...]
Raab: Nusrat Ghani should make formal complaint over Islamophobia allegations January 23, 2022 Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani should lodge a formal complaint over allegations she was sacked as a minister because she was a Muslim, justice secretary Dominic Raab has said. Raab said the allegations were “incredibly serious” and that there will only be an investigation by the Conservative party if Ghani submits a formal complaint. Ghani told [...]
Scotland Yard to meet MP over claims Boris Johnson critics are being blackmailed January 22, 2022 Police are to meet with William Wragg, to discuss his claims that Downing Street has tried to intimidate and blackmail MPs questioning the Prime Minister’s position. Johnson has come under fire in recent weeks following revelations of lockdown parties held at Downing Street, with several Tory MPs calling for him to go. Wragg is to [...]
Drawing crypto comparisons from a 60s French film and inspiration from Brentford January 21, 2022 Monty is watching everyone stare at their shrinking crypto portfolios and scrambling to buy land now that inflation is back.
Business Secretary says households will have to wait until March for help with soaring energy bills January 21, 2022 Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said households must wait until March to find out what help the government can offer for rising energy bills.
Belfast is Kenneth Branagh at his sentimental best January 21, 2022 While many might associate him with his acting roles, Sir Kenneth Branagh has been prolific behind the camera, too. Belfast is his nineteenth film as a director, with a CV that has included everything from his epic 90s adaptation of Hamlet to the first Thor movie. This new film, however, comes from a personal place. [...]
Studying Boris Johnson’s £335bn idea of a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland cost taxpayer £900,000 January 21, 2022 A study commissioned by Prime Minister Boris Johnson into which found it would be too expensive to build a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland cost taxpayers nearly £900,000. The Department for Transport (DfT) said the research into the feasibility of a fixed link cost £896,681. Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy led [...]