Taxpayer-backed Pollen on the verge of collapse August 9, 2022 An events start-up backed by the British Business Bank's Future Fund is on the verge of collapse just months after it bagged a $150m funding injection, according to reports today.
Lessons from Lionesses: What English rugby can learn from Euros for 2025 World Cup August 9, 2022 The iconic Chloe Kelly goal celebration, the record attendance for a final, success on home soil; England Women’s Euro 2022 victory felt like a watershed moment for women’s sport. But in a few years’ time England will be doing it all over again. This time, however, it will be with the oval ball. It was [...]
Sunak says Truss is ‘divorced from reality’ over cost of living crisis August 9, 2022 Rishi Sunak has launched a stunning attack on Liz Truss today, with his campaign team labelling the Tory leadership frontrunner as “divorced from reality”. A Sunak campaign spokesperson said Truss has refused “five times” to say if she will promise to hand out emergency payments to combat spiralling energy bills and that her plan to [...]
High street names including Tesco and Greggs call on Tory leadership candidates to slash ‘shop tax’ August 9, 2022 A coalition of retailers including Morrisons, Greggs and Tesco, have called on the Conservative party leader candidates to slash business rates. The Retail Jobs Alliance has called on both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to pledge to cut business rates, which it said were “killing our high streets”. The group, consisting of Co-op, Greggs, Kingfisher, [...]
Watch Rishi Sunak’s Brexit message as he is ridiculed on social over ‘worst campaign video ever created’ August 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak’s campaign is under fire this afternoon as the former chancellor is mocked online and accused of “pointless posturing” in a campaign video focused on shredding EU regulations which has been likened to a parody. The Tory leadership candidate vowed to use his first 100 days if elected prime minister to “review or repeal [...]
UK drafting plans to ‘significantly’ boost overseas recruits in NHS August 8, 2022 The UK government is drafting plans to “significantly” boost the number of overseas staff in the NHS to avert a winter crisis, according to the health secretary today. In a bid to combat worsening delays in the NHS, health secretary Steve Barclay told the Telegraph: “I have been working at pace over recent weeks to [...]
Number 10: Johnson will not outline a cost of living package this summer August 8, 2022 Number 10 has confirmed that Boris Johnson will not be announcing an emergency package of measures to help Brits being squeezed by the worsening cost of living crisis. Johnson’s official spokesman today said “it will be for a future Prime Minister to decide whether … measures are required”. It comes after former Prime Minister Gordon [...]
Sitting on cash pile: Only half of all councils in England use £1.5bn pandemic fund with thousands of companies missing out August 8, 2022 Only half of all councils in England have started making payments to Covid-hit firms from a £1.5bn support package, almost 18 months after it was first launched. Real estate experts have said it is “too little too late” and could mean thousands of companies miss out on almost £700m of available funding. In March 2021, [...]
Sunak says Truss’ cost of living plan ‘won’t touch the sides’ August 8, 2022 Rishi Sunak has launched a fresh attack on leadership rival Liz Truss, saying today that her plan to make tax cuts next month won’t “touch the sides” for families facing a worsening cost of living crisis. Sunak said “bolder action” was required to “protect people from the worst of the winter” amid fresh predictions energy [...]
BP to pay lower taxes than before Covid pandemic despite massive profits August 8, 2022 BP will pay a lower rate of taxes this year than prior to the pandemic, revealed the company's chief financial officer Murray Auchinloss.