Biden: US citizens should leave Ukraine February 11, 2022 US President Joe Biden has advised American citizens living in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, amid growing fears of a Russian invasion.
Weak efforts to claw back stolen furlough money by HMRC to leave taxpayers with £4bn bill February 11, 2022 Weak efforts by the taxman to clawback Covid-19 support money stolen by fraudsters will result in taxpayers shouldering a £4bn loss, warns a new report published today by a group of cross-party MPs. “HMRC’s unambitious plans” to recover billions of misspent pounds through the furlough and business loan schemes could see taxpayers holding the bag, [...]
Cressida Dick resigns after Khan loses faith February 10, 2022 Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick has reportedly resigned after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he no longer had confidence in her leadership.
Labour’s business spokesperson backs easing of EU’s Solvency II insurance regulation February 10, 2022 Labour’s shadow business secretary has said he is in favour of scrapping the EU’s Solvency II directive post-Brexit in a bid to free up insurance firms to plow tens of billions of pounds into the British economy. Jonathan Reynolds said today at a UK Finance event that there was “an argument, not for deregulation, but [...]
Russia foreign minister slams ‘deaf’ Liz Truss after their Moscow meeting February 10, 2022 Russia’s foreign minister has launched a stinging attack on Liz Truss after their meeting in Moscow today, labelling the UK’s foreign secretary as “deaf” and “selfish”. Truss met with Sergey Lavrov in Moscow to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, with the foreign secretary saying the UK wants to provide a “path of diplomacy” to de-escalate [...]
Marble Arch mound architects slam “nonsensical” premature opening and “barbers” in UK media for negative publicity February 10, 2022 The Dutch architects behind the universally panned Marble Arch mound have hit out at Westminster City Council, the UK media, the builders of the mound, English Heritage and Historic England for the project failing to live up to its promise. In a post on their website, architects MVRDV say “anyone who visited the Marble Arch [...]
Brexit in Bern: EU immigration row heats up as Switzerland threatens to leave Schengen area February 10, 2022 Switzerland is threatening to leave the Schengen zone if the EU countries that are part of the visa treaty move to strengthen their border force Frontex, which Brussels is pushing for. Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard, is the collective term for national border and coast guard forces within the EU’s Schengen Area, as [...]
Businesses urged to snap up £850m in unused Covid-19 support February 10, 2022 Businesses have been urged to apply for Covid-19 supports grants, after the business minister admitted today that £850m worth of funding is still up for grabs. The funding has been made available by government to councils in England, for them to distribute to businesses in need. More than £550m is still yet to be allocated [...]
John Major: Johnson broke lockdown laws and is eroding British democracy February 10, 2022 Boris Johnson broke his own lockdown laws and is eroding trust in British democracy, according to former Prime Minister John Major. Major launched a withering attack on the PM today, saying his response to the partygate scandal made the government “look distinctly shifty” while too often “the truth has been optional” for ministers. Major has long [...]
North Korea refuses Covax vaccine deliveries as scheme shrinks number of allocated jabs February 10, 2022 North Korea has reportedly not accepted any Covid-19 vaccines from the global COVAX scheme, leaving millions of allocated vaccines to be re-distributed. The worldwide vaccine sharing programme has dialled back the number of doses it had allotted to North Korea to help it meet international immunisation targets, Reuters first reported. A little over 8.1m vaccines [...]
