Labour calls for resignation of Number 10 ally on BBC board July 10, 2021 The Labour Party has called for the resignation of a BBC director and Number 10 ally after it emerged that he had tried to block a senior editorial appointment. The FT reported that Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications director, warned the broadcaster after Jess Brammar, former editor of HuffPost UK and deputy editor of BBC Newsnight, [...]
Murder mystery: Kilburn woman charged after Londoner’s body is found in Devon July 10, 2021 A woman has been charged with the murder of Londoner Mee Kuen Chong, whose body was discovered 175 miles away in the Devon town of Salcombe after she went missing in London. Ms Chong, 67, known to friends as Deborah, was found in woodland near Bennett Road at about 5pm on June 27. Police said [...]
Top Tesco executive Tony Hoggett to step down after 30 years July 9, 2021 One of Tesco’s most senior executives is stepping down after more than three decades at the supermarket. Tony Hoggett joined Tesco in 1990 and has served in a number of top roles in the UK and Asia. He became group chief operating officer in 2018 before being appointed to the newly-created role of chief strategy [...]
Police officer Wayne Couzens pleads guilty to Sarah Everard murder July 9, 2021 The Metropolitan police officer pleaded guilty to the murder of Sarah Everard at the Old Bailey on Friday morning. Ms Everard, who was 33, went missing as she walked home from a friend’s house in Clapham on 3 March. Her body was found a week later in woodland in Kent. Wayne Couzens, a 48-year-old married [...]
Workforces key to capitalising on the data deluge July 9, 2021 ‘Next slide, please…’: who would have thought, in the pre-pandemic era, that data presentations from health experts would come to take such a significant role in our daily routines? Or that ‘data, not dates’ would become such a well-known slogan? For as long as the pandemic is sadly with us, we can expect data’s unprecedented [...]
Rishi Sunak calls on workers to return to the office July 9, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak says Brits – especially younger workers – should return to the office as pandemic restrictions ease. The Chancellor expressed concerns that staff could lose crucial work experience while the economy returns. He said it was “really important” for younger staff especially, according to the Telegraph. Sunak admitted that working remotely and mostly [...]
Hiring in the City roars back to life July 9, 2021 The City is roaring back to life driven by financial services firms ramping up hiring activity as the spectre of Covid on the Square Mile recedes, new figures published today reveal. The number of jobs available in London’s financial services sector rose more than twofold over the last year, according to Morgan McKinley’s spring employment [...]
Not over yet: UK ‘liable to pay EU €47.5bn’ in Brexit divorce bill July 8, 2021 The UK is reportedly liable to pay €47.5bn (£41bn) to the EU as part of a post-Brexit financial settlement. The EU’s consolidated budget report for 2020, seen by RTE News, states that the UK owes the bloc €47.456bn under a series of articles to which both sides agreed as part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. [...]
UN refugee agency raises ‘deep concern’ over UK asylum system overhaul July 8, 2021 The UN’s refugee agency today voiced “deep concern” around new UK asylum changes, labelling the reforms as an “almost neo-colonial approach”. Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner for protection at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told a Chatham House briefing the changes “shift burden” rather than “share responsibilities” on supporting refugees. Sweeping reforms [...]
Almost two-thirds of Brits back to work as freedom day nears July 8, 2021 Almost two-thirds of Brits are now back at their normal workplace as the gradual return to work continues in the run-up to freedom day. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed 65 per cent of people had returned to their normal pre-pandemic place of work by 27 June, up one percentage [...]