Support for Conservative party lags behind Labour days after NI tax hike September 10, 2021 Support for prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative party has slumped to its lowest level since 2019’s election, according to a new YouGov poll. The poll, first shared with the Times, showed that support for the Conservatives has dipped to 33 per cent, while Labour’s support has climbed to 35 per cent. While it is just [...]
Emma Raducanu sprints towards New York final after US Open win September 10, 2021 Emma Raducanu has leapt forward in her historic run at the US Open, sprinting towards a final with Leylah Fernandez in New York after defeating fellow teenager Maria Sakkari. Becoming the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam singles final since Virginia Wade in 1977, 18-year-old tennis sensation Raducanu bagged a 6-1, 6-4 victory [...]
Facebook and Ray-Ban launch smart glasses September 9, 2021 Facebook and Ray-Ban have launched smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories that work with an app. The brands announced there would be three different models, five colours and a variety of lenses, including prescription. The glasses retail for £299 in the UK. A bespoke app called Facebook View will enable users to downlink images and videos [...]
Scott Morrison confirms climate targets dropped from UK-Australia trade deal September 9, 2021 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has today confirmed the UK-Australia trade deal will not include binding commitments to climate change targets from the Paris Agreement. Morrison said it “wasn’t a climate agreement, it was a trade agreement”, which puts him at odds with the UK government who have claimed in the past 24 hours that [...]
Three is the latest mobile network to reintroduce EU roaming charges September 9, 2021 Three has become the third mobile network following Brexit to reintroduce roaming fees when travelling abroad of £2 daily. The firm follows rivals EE and Vodafone which recently announced the return of £2 daily charges, while O2 has kept free roaming so long as it is deemed “fair use”. The move is a particular defeat for Three [...]
Bottom-up ESG: New platform wants to give retail investor army voting power for £1 September 9, 2021 Tulipshare is targeting the next generation of shareholders by tapping into their booming interest in retail investment and demand for a corporate ESG overhaul. The new UK-based activist investment platform wants to enable individuals to “vote with their money” for change from the inside at Amazon, Coca-Cola and Apple by investing as little as £1. [...]
NHS will ‘swallow’ additional funds raised by tax hikes, warns IFS September 8, 2021 A leading economic think tank has warned Boris Johnson’s decision to hike national insurance and dividend tax will not raise enough funds to tackle England’s social care crisis. The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned the 40 year trend of the NHS breaching its budget will lead to the additional money raised by the tax [...]
UK buckled under Australian pressure and removed climate goals in trade deal September 8, 2021 The UK bowed to pressure from the Australian government and agreed to take out climate commitments in a free trade deal, it has been revealed. The UK-Australia trade deal will not contain binding commitments on reaching climate goals set at the landmark 2015 climate summit in Paris, after Canberra pushed for it to be dropped [...]
Number 10 says there are no plans for an ‘October Covid firebreak’ September 7, 2021 Number 10 has hosed down reports that the government is preparing for a potential Covid “firebreak” in October when cases are expected to rise. Boris Johnson’s official spokesman told journalists today that it is “not true the government is planning a lockdown or firebreak around the October half term”. The i newspaper reported yesterday that [...]
Booster programme is needed to keep schools open, says minister September 7, 2021 The vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, has said that a booster programme must be rolled out in order to keep schools open and avoid further lockdowns. In comments to Sky News, Zahawi said: “The right thing is that we open schools, we’ve opened them well with a really comprehensive testing programme. But we want them to [...]