Kwarteng plays down prospect of blackouts this winter amid supply crunch fears June 28, 2022 Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has played down the prospect of a winter blackout, dismissing the scenario as an "extreme possibility."
Sunak: UK has ‘tools at our disposal’ to tackle 40-year high inflation June 28, 2022 The UK has “the tools at our disposal” to tackle the worst inflation spike in four decades, the chancellor urged today. Responding to a grilling by MPs in the house of commons, chancellor Rishi Sunak said Britain is “not immune” to the inflationary “shocks” that are sweeping through the world’s richest economies. Prices have climbed [...]
Boris Johnson set to announce increase in defence spending June 28, 2022 Boris Johnson is set to announce an increase in UK defence spending today as a response to the growing threat from Russia. The Prime Minister is expected to announce billions of pounds extra for military equipment today, on the last day of the 2022 G7 summit, after calls from defence secretary Ben Wallace to boost [...]
‘Pump fiction’: AA lambasts petrol retailers for failing to bring down forecourt prices June 28, 2022 The AA has deemed fuel prices "pump fiction" as costs at forecourts continue to rise despite a slump in wholesale.
Lagarde: European Central Bank will go ‘as far as necessary’ to tame inflation June 28, 2022 The European Central Bank (ECB) will go “as far as necessary” to tame the worst bout of inflation on the Continent since records began, its chief said today. President Christine Lagarde said at the ECB’s monetary policy summit that the central bank’s commitment to getting the rate of price rises back to its two per [...]
Russia defaults on international debts after being cut out of financial system by Western sanctions June 28, 2022 Russia yesterday defaulted on its international debts for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution after being unable to pay its creditors due to the impacts of Western sanctions. Ratings agency Moody’s yesterday said Russia’s failure to make payments on two Eurobonds worth $100m officially constitutes a default after its extended deadline to make the [...]
‘War crime’: NATO to up troop numbers as shopping mall blaze branded ‘one of most brazen terror attacks in European history’ June 28, 2022 NATO is set to increase troop numbers by up to 300,000, as Russia’s missile strike on a Ukrainian shopping mall has been branded “one of the most brazen terrorist attacks in European history” by Ukraine’s president. Vlodymyr Zelensky condemned the “calculated hit” against a shopping centre with 1,000 people inside, in the city of Kremenchuk [...]
Fossil fuels spared emissions checks as UK scrambles for supplies ahead of winter June 28, 2022 Fossil fuel plants could be excluded from emissions checks, as the Government races to secure energy supplies ahead of winter.
Escape Putin and come to Britain, Boris Johnson tells Russian scientists as he urges academic to flee June 28, 2022 To escape Vladimir Putin’s oppression, Boris Johnson has set out a package of support for Ukrainian researchers and urged Russian scientists to flee and defect to Britain. The Prime Minister said experts who no longer feel safe in Russia should apply to come to a country that “values openness, freedom and the pursuit of knowledge”. [...]
Soaring inflation burns hole in councils’ finances, LGA finds June 28, 2022 Rampant inflation is burning a hole in the finances of English and Welsh councils and may force them to trim public services without more funding, reveals a fresh report published today. Rising energy costs caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine lifting European gas prices and an uplift to the national living wage will heap an [...]