Europe at risk of energy rationing this winter, warns IEA June 8, 2022 Europe is at risk of energy shortages and rationing this winter after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, warned the head of the IEA.
As if things could not get any worse for Boris Johnson: Govt faces humiliating defeat in Lords over immigration June 8, 2022 Woes for Boris Johnson deepened last night as the Government suffered a heavy defeat by peers critical of a move to scrap the option of physical proof of immigration status in favour of a digital-only approach. Members of the House of Lords voted by 159 to 96, majority 63, in a so-called Motion of Regret [...]
Govt wastes close to £100m on electronic tagging and has no clue if it helps prevent reoffending June 8, 2022 Whitehall’s watchdog has warned that the Government does not know if electronically tagging criminals is helping to cut reoffending because of failings with the system. The failure to carry out a “fundamental transformation” of the scheme has also cost the taxpayer millions of pounds, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). It said the Ministry [...]
US successful seizure of Russian oligarch’s £259m superyacht in deemed-safe Fiji sends shockwaves through Moscow June 8, 2022 Russian oligarchs in Moscow and around the world woke up to the shock news this morning that American authorities won a legal battle late last night to seize a Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji and they wasted no time in taking command of the £259m vessel. The court ruling represented a significant victory for the US [...]
Black Wednesday: Russian Army close to capturing entire Donbas region while Kremlin sends hundreds of bodies to Kyiv June 8, 2022 The Kremlin claims this morning the Russian Army has taken control of 97 per cent of one of the two provinces that make up the Donbas region, as it is drawing closer to its goal of fully capturing Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. It also appears that Russia now occupies roughly half of Donetsk province, according [...]
Healthcare jaws drop as Sajid Javid calls NHS ‘a defunct Blockbuster video rental store in the age of Netflix’ June 8, 2022 Jaws dropped in and outside Westminster today after the Health Secretary likened the NHS to a now-defunct video rental store in a world dominated by streaming services, saying the country has a “Blockbuster healthcare system in the age of Netflix”. Downing Street said Sajid Javid told a Cabinet meeting earlier today that it is “no [...]
MPs accuse government of wasting billions on levelling up agenda June 8, 2022 The government has wasted billions of pounds through poor allocation of its Levelling Up Fund, according to a Westminster committee of MPs. A new report from the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) said the way money had been spent for the government’s flagship policy to improve the North and Midlands had been “unsatisfactory”. The government set up [...]
MPs call for lower taxes as UK marks latest annual Tax Freedom Day since the early-1980s June 7, 2022 MPs have called on the UK government to cut the burden on UK taxpayers after new figures showed working people spent a higher proportion of their incomes on taxes than at any other point since the early-1980s. The calls come after the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) published new figures, for Tax Freedom Day, showing UK [...]
Online Safety Bill: Government called to water down executive influence on Ofcom June 7, 2022 The government have been urged to water down the powers of the Secretary of State in the Online Safety Bill, suggesting it threatens the legitimacy of the law moving forward.
Zelensky ‘glad we haven’t lost a very important ally’ for Ukraine after Johnson wins confidence vote June 7, 2022 Ukraine’s president Vlodymyr Zelensky has breathed a sign of relief that Boris Johnson won a confidence vote last night, saying he’s “glad we haven’t lost a very important ally.” His praise comes after Boris Johnson narrowly escaped being removed as leader with a slimmer margin of the vote then his predecessor Theresa May had in [...]
