Post Office chief doesn’t ‘believe’ ex-chair Staunton’s payment delay claim is ‘true’ February 27, 2024 Post Office chief executive Nick Read has told MPs he doesn’t “believe” former chairman Henry Staunton’s claim he was told to delay Horizon compensation payments is “true”.
Horizon campaigner Alan Bates says Britain should sell ‘dead duck’ Post Office to Amazon for £1 February 27, 2024 A campaigner at the centre of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has urged the government to sell the “dead duck” organisation to “someone like Amazon for £1”.
Spring Budget 2024: Jeremy Hunt expected to announce new tax on vaping February 27, 2024 Jeremy Hunt is expected to announce a new tax on vaping products at next week’s Budget.
Piers Corbyn is going to run for London mayor: here’s why that could be a problem for Sadiq Khan February 26, 2024 British elections wouldn’t be the same without the delightfully crank candidates such as Count Binface and the Monster Raving Loony Party.
Why is public spending central to Jeremy Hunt’s spring Budget decisions? February 26, 2024 Researchers warned funding for “crowd pleasing” tax cuts “rests in large part on major cuts to public spending pencilled in after the next election”.
Kemi Badenoch wants trade ‘barriers torn down’ at Abu Dhabi summit February 26, 2024 Kemi Badenoch is promoting tariff-free trade at a global summit in Abu Dhabi in a bid to see “more barriers torn down”.
Sunak pushes for more seizures of Russian assets in UK to aid Ukraine February 25, 2024 The prime minister has said the UK “must be bolder in seizing hundreds of billions in assets".
Charles praises ‘determination and strength’ of Ukrainians on war anniversary February 24, 2024 King Charles has praised the “determination and strength” of the Ukrainian people in a message marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion. In a message released by Buckingham Palace, Charles said he was “greatly encouraged” by the UK’s efforts to support Ukraine and commended their “true valour”. Saturday marks two years since the Kremlin launched [...]
Lee Anderson has Tory whip suspended after ‘refusal to apologise’ for Islamist claim February 24, 2024 Lee Anderson has had the Conservative whip suspended following his widely criticised claim that London Mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by “Islamists”. A spokesperson for the party’s chief whip Simon Hart said the decision had been taken following the former Tory deputy chairman’s “refusal to apologise” for the remarks made on Friday. Pressure had been [...]
Second World War bomb taken out to sea after mass evacuation February 24, 2024 A 500kg Second World War bomb discovered in a back garden, which prompted “one of the largest UK peacetime evacuation operations”, has been safely taken out to sea. Around 30 of the armed forces’ most experienced bomb disposal specialists had worked around the clock since Tuesday to assess the condition of the device since it [...]
