Gazprom scraps plans to reopen Nord Stream pipeline September 2, 2022 Gazprom has scrapped plans to resume flows through a key pipeline into Germany, raising the prospect of supply shortages.
Extinction Rebellion activists glue themselves to Commons Speaker’s chair September 2, 2022 Extinction Rebellion activists have glued themselves to the House of Commons’ speaker’s chair. The campaigners shared an image of the stunt on social media, saying: “Right now inside Parliament a speech is being read out demanding a Citizens’ Assembly Now: “We are in crisis. We can not afford to carry on like this.” The Extinction [...]
Brexit: £120m festival has just 238,000 visitors after being ‘hijacked by wokeness’ September 2, 2022 A £120m festival launched to celebrate Brexit has been branded a flop after just 238,000 visitors turned up. The taxpayer-funded so-called ‘festival of Brexit’, later renamed ‘Unboxed’ was branded “beyond parody in terms of wokeness” by the former minister for leaving the EU. In a report published by House, the publication for Parliament, organisers reportedly [...]
Trump is ‘obviously thinking about running’ again says Jared Kushner September 2, 2022 Former President Donald Trump is “obviously thinking about running” for the president again according to his son-in-law and ex special adviser Jared Kushner. The comments come after the FBI accused the ex President of taking top-secret documents and storing them in his Florida home without permission. Last night, Joe Biden accused Trump of launching an [...]
City Exclusive – SFO’s ‘unique skillset’ will be needed to tackle UK’s worsening fraud epidemic, Lisa Osofsky says September 2, 2022 The director of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said the agency’s skillset will be needed to combat the mounting levels of increasingly complex and high-value frauds facing the UK’s court system. The letter comes in response to reports in this paper showing the number of fraud cases reaching the UK Crown Courts dropped [...]
UK’s review of remote working holidays sparks tax crackdown fears September 1, 2022 The UK’s Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has opened a review into those who work abroad remotely, in a sign the government may soon begin to crack down on remote working holidays. The OTS has begun collecting data on people who work for UK companies from abroad, following a major uptick in the numbers of [...]
Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak to face Whitehall strike on first day as prime minister September 1, 2022 The next prime minister will be forced to face strike action in Whitehall on their first day in office, the public sector workers’ union has warned. Either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will face industrial action on the part of Whitehall workers, after members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union voted strike. The [...]
Manufacturers urge government to table support package in face of ‘stormy waters’ September 1, 2022 The government has been urged to table a support package for the British manufacturers. Industry body Make UK has warned that rising gas and oil prices and overall inflation will “shatter” expectations of a sustaining a pandemic recovery. “We are clearly heading for very stormy waters in the face of eyewatering increases in energy costs [...]
Zaporizhzhya: Concern as Europe’s largest nuclear plant shelled by Russia before inspectors arrive September 1, 2022 Major concerns have been raised over Russian attacks on Europe’s biggest nuclear reactor in south-eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin’s forces conducted military operations near the route for officials visiting the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today. The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine said Moscow targeted the city of Enerhodar and territory [...]
‘Strong and stable’ – Tories launch own condoms to have Priti safe sex while ‘unleashing Britain’s potential’ September 1, 2022 “I Never kissed a Tory but I’ve had safe sex with one” reads a new condom that a group of Conservatives plan to launch at this year’s party conference, taking place this October. The LGBT Tories say the condoms will help their fellow members to have Priti safe sex during the event as they will [...]
