Polluting London drivers to be hit with daily fee of £12.50 as Sadiq Khan plans to expand Ultra Low Emission Zone to entire city March 6, 2022 London Mayor Sadiq Khan said today that he plans to expand the capital’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) to cover the entire city in a push to cut pollution and congestion. Mr Khan has asked Transport for London (TfL) to consult on extending the scheme’s boundary from the North and South Circular Roads to the [...]
Ukraine and crypto donations show how good will triumph over evil… hopefully March 4, 2022 Monty reflects upon the halcyon days of his youth, and a cold shadow that has come back to haunt the world.
Major UK insurers call on government to extend pension auto-enrollment to young workers March 4, 2022 A group of major British insurance firms and pension funds have called on the government to extend the UK’s pension auto-enrollment terms to include young and low-wage workers. The group sent a letter to Rishi Sunak yesterday to call on the government to “level up pensions for everyone” by abolishing the “lower earnings limit and [...]
Prime Video pumps £10m into UK TV and film career training as industry flourishes March 2, 2022 Amazon Prime Video have announced today that it will be investing £10m into a new training initiative to open up opportunities for TV and film across the UK. Under Prime Video Pathway , the streaming giant will partner with the National Film and Television School (NFTS) to establish a UK-wide academy programme as well as funding and supporting two [...]
Expect more Valley fireworks from in the Zone Teetan March 1, 2022 BANK ON ‘Mauritian Magician’ Karis Teetan to continue his run of good fortune when racing gets underway with an exciting nine-race programme at Happy Valley. The never-say-die pilot accumulated half a dozen winners from just 19 rides last week, highlighted by a winning four-timer at the Valley last Wednesday. Teetan is a confidence jockey and [...]
Ministers branded ‘snowflakes’ for trying to curtail protests because they ‘cry into their port in the evening’ March 1, 2022 Ministers are “snowflakes” and are trying to curtail protests because they “cry into their port in the evening when people say things that they don’t like”, MPs heard. Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Brighton Kemptown) told the Commons: “The Government didn’t like the Black Lives Matter protests when tens of thousands of young people went onto [...]
University education can’t deliver the skills we need for the economy of the future March 1, 2022 TOO many jobs, wage inflation, and an abundance of flexible working opportunities. Compared to the threat of mass unemployment when the pandemic began two years ago, these feel like better problems to have. But labour market figures released last month revealed one serious problem: an exodus of older workers. Since March 2020, the number of [...]
Second chances: Ex-offenders could help solve recruitment crisis February 28, 2022 “I always wanted to be a drug dealer. Getting a job would have been strange to me,” Liam Meredith, an ex-offender who now runs his own catering business, says. Many young men like Meredith struggle to break a cycle of offending even after they leave prison, due to tumultuous home lives. For men like Meredith, [...]
Jones praises young England side as Six Nations race goes on February 28, 2022 It was a match of three or four moments, moments that could prove defining in this year’s Six Nations. But in England’s 23-19 win over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday, it was so nearly a disaster for the home side. Up by 17 points early in the second half, England let their opposition back in, [...]
Weekend Exclusive: Lloyds banker turned charity guru Bernie Hollywood OBE on mental health in the City February 27, 2022 Londoner Bernie Hollywood OBE spent nearly a decade as a corporate banker at Lloyds Banking Group’s HQ at 25 Gresham Street in the City. These days, he is determined to make a difference: next year, the 63-year-old is rowing the Atlantic to raise funds for youth mental health. City A.M. caught up with him to [...]