Coronavirus: Sadiq Khan not invited to emergency Cobra meeting on second UK wave September 21, 2020 Sadiq Khan has not been invited to tomorrow’s emergency Cobra meeting, but will still speak to Boris Johnson before his key coronavirus address. Johnson is convening the crisis meeting tomorrow with the heads of devolved governments as speculation increases that the country will be put into a second lockdown. Cases are beginning to rise rapidly [...]
EU gives banks until 2022 to cut ‘excessive’ use of London clearing September 21, 2020 The European Union’s banks have until mid-2022 to reduce their “excessive exposures” to London’s derivatives clearing houses, the European Commission has said. The bloc’s new finance chief Valdis Dombrovskis said he had approved a proposal to let EU banks and market participants access Britain’s clearing systems for 18 months after the Brexit transition finishes at [...]
Lord Mayor: Delayed Dragons will shine a light on responsible business September 21, 2020 John Lennon once said: “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. That famous quote is more apt now than ever. The Mansion House should have been a hive of activity today, with preparations in full swing for the Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards ceremony, which was supposed to take place tomorrow. [...]
London may be days away from new coronavirus restrictions September 20, 2020 Sadiq Khan is reportedly rallying the government to impose new lockdown restrictions on London in the coming days. City Hall sources are also indicating that the mayor may tell Londoners that they should start working from home from next week. Coronavirus cases jumped by 3,899 today, after cases jumped by 4,422 yesterday. Health secretary Matt [...]
Tory mayoral candidate calls for TfL to sell Tube station naming rights September 20, 2020 London’s Tube stations could be renamed through lucrative advertising deals if Tory mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey gets elected. Bailey’s proposal, which he says could bring in £100m a year, follows in the footsteps of the Dubai Metro which has allowed companies to bid for naming rights of underground stations. The mayoral candidate told the Sunday [...]
Coronavirus: Johnson faces calls for urgent action and COBRA meeting as cases rise September 19, 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under pressure to take “decisive action” in the battle against coronavirus as cases rise. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has demanded a COBRA meeting within the next 48 hours and echoed the sentiments of London mayor Sadiq Khan regarding the need to learn from March’s mistakes and implement restrictions [...]
Just 6 per cent of UK population has Covid-19 antibodies, SAGE says September 19, 2020 Only six per cent of the UK’s population has antibodies to Covid-19, minutes from a Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) meeting earlier this month have revealed. The scientific advisers told the government that just a small proportion of the country had antibodies to coronavirus in the meeting. SAGE also informed officials that there was [...]
Coronavirus: New London lockdown restrictions ‘increasingly likely’ while PM warns of second wave across UK September 19, 2020 London mayor Sadiq Khan has said he does not want to wait for coronavirus cases “to spiral out of control again” before further lockdown measures are introduced in the capital. Khan said it was looking “increasingly likely” that more restrictions would be needed as has been seen in other parts of the country. Sadiq Khan [...]
London New Year’s Eve fireworks display cancelled due to Covid-19 September 18, 2020 London’s annual New Year’s Eve firework display has been cancelled, the mayor of London has confirmed. Sadiq Khan this morning revealed that the show and countdown, which is held each year by the River Thames, could not go ahead due to safety concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. “There will not be fireworks at New Year’s [...]
Coronavirus: London braced for tighter restrictions as cases surge September 18, 2020 London could be on track for tighter restrictions on socialising and nights out amid reports official figures will show a surge in Covid-19 cases in the capital. The number of cases per 100,000 people over a seven-day period has risen from 18.8 to roughly 25, the Evening Standard reported. The sharp spike in new cases [...]
