I won’t hike council tax and congestion charges to fund cash-strapped TfL, says Sadiq Khan March 12, 2024 Sadiq Khan has said he will not hike council tax or congestion charges to find more funding for cash-strapped Transport for London (TfL).
Energy secretary decries Labour’s ambition to de-carbonise the UK electricity grid as ‘pure politics’ March 12, 2024 Speaking at international affairs think-tank Chatham House, Coutinho denied accusations from journalists and the audience that energy policy was being used as a political football and insisted the conservative road map was based on facts.
Demand for ‘urgent investment’ as number of duty solicitors at ‘crisis’ level March 12, 2024 The Law Society has called for “urgent investment” from the government as to avoid miscarriages of justice due to declining number of duty solicitors. The president of the society, Nick Emmerson stated that across England and Wales, “duty solicitor schemes are in crisis” because the government “continues to undervalue their work.” Duty solicitors are lawyers [...]
Both Tories and Labour are being dishonest about immigration March 12, 2024 If the government tries to drastically slash immigration, it is in danger of cutting off one of the UK economy's success stories, Chris Dorrell writes.
BAT opens £30m research centre in UK as part of drive for ‘smokeless future’ March 11, 2024 BAT has opened a £30m 'innovation centre' in the UK as it looks to ramp up development and production of its vaping and smokeless products.
Will Hunt’s tax changes push non-doms out of London? March 11, 2024 Non-doms, or non-domiciles, are people who live in the UK and pay tax on UK earnings whilst maintaining a primary home overseas.
Winter half term helps Heathrow to record February flyers as Brits seek sun March 11, 2024 A record number of passengers flew from Heathrow in February with travellers seeking out the sun over the winter half term.
UK government to pump £1.5m into science and tech investment drive March 11, 2024 Tech secretary Michelle Donelan is set to announce the fresh campaign today, urging UK investors to back science and technology scale-ups.
Can AI help solve the UK’s public sector productivity puzzle? March 11, 2024 Jeremy Hunt wants to embed AI throughout the public sector to boost productivity - but experts suggest the policy could take a long time to deliver results.
How a little-known vaping group went from nothing to sales of $1bn in just two years March 9, 2024 How has a vaping group reached $1bn in sales in only its second year?