Ahead of Budget: Millions of terrified businesses fear they will not survive another year November 16, 2022 In the midst of political uncertainty and ahead of the Autumn Statement, a quarter of SMEs believe the UK economy has been damaged irreversibly by Brexit and Covid-19 – with an astonishing 64 per cent of business owners stating they are worried their businesses won’t survive the next 12 months. The fresh data reveals a [...]
Government in danger of missing nuclear targets, warns industry boss November 16, 2022 The Government is in danger of missing pledged targets to ramp up nuclear power and boost the UK's supply security.
Sunak and Biden didn’t discuss post-Brexit UK-US trade deal at G20 November 16, 2022 The shelved post-Brexit UK-US trade deal was not even on the agenda when Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden met today, the British Prime Minister has revealed. Sunak said after his meeting with Biden at the G20 in Indonesia that the pair spoke about the UK-US “economic partnership”, but the state of trade negotiations was not [...]
Dominic Raab asks Rishi Sunak to launch investigation into two bullying complaints November 16, 2022 Dominic Raab has written to the Prime Minister asking for an investigation into two bullying complaints made against him. The Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary said he would “fully cooperate” with the probe and welcomed “transparency”. This comes after he was notified of two separate complaints made against him from during his [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Rishi Sunak’s Great Wall of China November 16, 2022 Sunak is likely to pay more attention to the potential economic and trade benefits of a working relationship with China.
Appease the markets and his own party? Jeremy Hunt has a frightful task November 16, 2022 Tomorrow, Jeremy Hunt needs to deliver a plan that both wins the confidence of the city – and the financial markets – and is politically palatable. This comes off the back of a narrative which has converged around terms like “black holes” and “difficult decisions”. The emerging theme is that there is a gap in [...]
We’ve been using digital identities for years without impinging on our civil liberties or freedom November 16, 2022 I hate to break this news, but we have had digital identities in the UK for several years now.
Rishi Sunak: City should show ‘restraint’ on pay – but no u-turn on banker bonuses November 15, 2022 Rishi Sunak said Britain’s top business bosses needed to show ‘restraint’ on pay this year amid inflation concerns. “In a situation like this, I’m sure executives of most companies will be thinking about pay settlements for senior management, for their workers, and making sure they are fair,” the Prime Minister told broadcasters whilst in Bali [...]
Autumn Statement: Another windfall tax raid would further damage Britain’s reputation November 15, 2022 We are now less than 48 hours from the Autumn Statement, and knowing quite what medicine Jeremy Hunt feels it necessary for Brits to choke down to fix the so-called ‘black hole’ in the finances. One hopes the rumours of higher council tax, a reversed bank surcharge reduction and a variety of other pocket-pinching measures [...]
MPs and peers urge Sunak to sanction pro-Beijing Hong Kong officials November 15, 2022 Rishi Sunak must slap sanctions on pro-Beijing Hong Kong officials for alleged human rights abuses, a group of cross-party MPs and peers has said. The All Parliamentary Party Group (APPG) on Hong Kong today said the British government should financially sanction Hong Kong chief executive John Lee Ka-chiu, ex-chief executive Carrie Lam and other senior [...]