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PMQs: Starmer slams Prime Minister’s ‘weak’ leadership with party split over Omicron restrictions December 15, 2021 Starmer slammed the Prime Minister as being too weak to lead the country with the Tories deeply split over new Omicron restrictions.
Tory MPs deliver blow to Boris Johnson as 100 vote against new Covid restrictions December 15, 2021 More than 100 Tory MPs delivered a heavy blow to Boris Johnson last night as they refuse to support the government’s plan to force people to show Covid certificates to enter night clubs and large events. Scores of Tory backbenchers decried the new law in a House of Commons debate, with the measure being described [...]
Keir Starmer’s anti-Brexit frontbench needs to banish their love of Brussels December 15, 2021 There’s at least one Christmas Party the Prime Minister will enjoy remembering. On December 12, 2019, Boris Johnson celebrated in style after wrapping himself in Brexit and securing an election landslide. It’s easy to forget now as the Prime Minister fights for his political life, but just two years ago he handed the Tories an [...]
Christmas Eve will be December’s busiest day of traffic, data shows December 15, 2021 Data from the AA has predicted that 23 and 24 December will be the busiest days of traffic, with 54 per cent of drivers planning to travel. Motorists are also expected to travel further, with an average of 39 miles. Despite Covid regulations allowing families and friends to be reunited, one in five drivers admit [...]
Soho restaurants and cafés hit by Omicron restrictions December 14, 2021 Soho restaurants and cafés have been forced to rip up reservation lists as new Covid-19 restrictions scares punters from the West End.
IMF takes swipe at Bank of England over rate inertia amid soaring inflation December 14, 2021 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) today fired a warning shot at the Bank of England, urging the central bank to hike interest rates now to tame runaway inflation. The world’s economic watchdog told the Bank it needs to “withdraw the exceptional support provided during” the Covid-19 crisis or risk facing spiralling inflation. In a stark [...]
UK businesses resist hiking prices despite cost assault December 14, 2021 UK businesses are swallowing swelling costs in a bid to avoid wiping out demand by hiking prices, reveals fresh research published today. The chasm between the amount it costs firms to produce goods and the price they charge for their products has widened to the largest on record, research by Lloyds Bank found. Soaring costs [...]
Apple fails to enter the $3 trillion club as shares slide December 13, 2021 Apple has failed to reach the $3 trillion (£2.27 trillion) club this evening on Wall Street, after some analysts predicted that the tech company was on the verge of becoming the first publicly traded company to reach that figure.
Record volume of UK factories hike prices in bid to survive inflation assault December 13, 2021 UK factories are hiking prices en masse in a bid to withstand an inflation onslaught, reveal fresh figures released today. A record number of British factories are raising prices as the sector scrambles to offset swelling costs to protect margins, research by BDO and Make UK found. The “eye watering impact of escalating cost pressures” [...]
Two-fifths of London SMEs plan to shed workers as furlough ends and pandemic restrictions return December 13, 2021 Two-fifths of owner-managed businesses in London are reportedly planning to make redundancies this winter.