AUKUS pact is ‘crazy beyond belief’ as it triggers new cold war, says Jeremy Corbyn September 26, 2021 Britain should stay out of a defence pact that he fears could see the country drawn into a new cold war with China, according to former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking at an event at The World Transformed conference, which is running alongside the Labour Party conference in Brighton this weekend, Corbyn said the idea [...]
Priti Patel’s encryption war is a master key for surveillance September 24, 2021 Priti Patel has put encryption in her sights. The Home Secretary has backed a campaign to prevent Facebook rolling out end-to-end encryption across its many platforms, accusing secure messaging sites of harbouring pedofiles. Patel wants a back door to privacy. This month, the Home Office launched a new fund to combat child sexual abuse material [...]
Priti Patel’s encryption war is a master key for surveillance – CityAM : CityAM September 24, 2021 Priti Patel has put encryption in her sights. The Home Secretary has backed a campaign to prevent Facebook rolling out end-to-end encryption across its many platforms, accusing secure messaging sites of harbouring pedofiles. Patel wants a back door to privacy. This month, the Home Office launched a new fund to combat child sexual abuse material [...]
Rugby Europe Super Cup: New second-tier competition for clubs from Israel, Belgium and Russia kicks off effort to raise standard in emerging nations September 23, 2021 It largely slipped under the radar here but across the continent last weekend the Rugby Europe Super Cup kicked off its inaugural season. The competition for emerging rugby nations saw teams from the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Spain and Russia clash in the opening round. But just what is the Rugby Europe Super Cup, and why [...]
UK courts charge a third man over salisbury Novichok poisoning September 21, 2021 British police have confirmed a third Russian man has been charged with the 2018 Novichok murder attempt on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Detectives have accused Denis Sergeev, a senior military intelligence officer who worked under the alias Sergey Fedotov, of being part of the team who deployed a deadly nerve [...]
Joe Biden doubles US climate change aid to $11.4bn a year in lead up to Cop26 September 21, 2021 The US will double its annual climate change aid budget and give $11.4m per year by 2024 to developing countries, President Joe Biden announced today. Biden said at the UN General Assembly that the new commitment will make the US “the leader of public climate finance” just months before the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. [...]
Energy crisis: Ofgem and Kwasi Kwarteng resist pressure and agree price cap is not going anywhere September 21, 2021 Kwasi Kwarteng and Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley have confirmed they had taken a unified position over the price ceiling continuing. The energy regulator and the Business Secretary agreed the energy price cap must “remain in place” during crunch talks to find a solution to record gas costs. Kwarteng held a crisis meeting with the [...]
Kwarteng says government will not bail out energy firms as more collapses expected September 20, 2021 Kwasi Kwarteng has said the government will not bail out collapsed energy firms as global shortages push more suppliers to the brink. The business and energy secretary said “we may well expect to see further companies exiting the market over the coming weeks”, after holding crunch meetings with energy firms today. Wholesale gas prices are [...]
Perfect energy storm: Do the gas price hikes mean your bills will rise? September 20, 2021 Government ministers and energy companies are in crisis talks today, as the price of gas has soared in recent weeks, putting several energy suppliers out of business and forcing some factories to stop production altogether. The price of wholesale gas has surged by 250 per cent since the beginning of the year and added 70 [...]
Energy firms plead for ‘bad bank’ as whole prices climb 70 per cent since last month September 20, 2021 The UK’s energy suppliers have urged for the creation of a so-called “bad bank” to absorb unprofitable customers from failing companies. Firms have requested billions of pounds in emergency funding to weather a crisis caused by record wholesale energy costs. Business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, held crisis talks with regulator Ofgem on Sunday and will meet [...]