No10 on ‘back foot’ from Brexit when Covid struck and rules broken daily, inquiry told November 1, 2023 No10 was on the “back foot” from Brexit when the pandemic struck the UK and rules were broken on a daily basis inside Downing Street, the official UK Covid-19 inquiry has heard.
Covid inquiry: Dominic Cummings branded ministers ‘useless f*ckpigs’ as No10 chaos laid bare October 31, 2023 Top No10 aide Dominic Cummings branded cabinet ministers “useless f*ckpigs”, “morons” and “c**ts” in foulmouthed messages revealed to the UK’s Covid-19 inquiry.
Michael Gove: ‘Immoral’ asset managers have ‘co-opted’ diversity agenda October 31, 2023 “We have seen a concentration of wealth, a tendency towards monopoly and oligopoly that has meant that the gains of economic growth have increasingly been concentrated in the hands of a few.”
Israel-Gaza: Keir Starmer refuses to back ceasefire October 31, 2023 The Labour Party leader said while he “understood” the calls for both sides to lay down weapons he did “not believe that is the correct position now, for two reasons”.
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn – and it’s now worth less than half October 31, 2023 Twitter / X is now worth less than half what Elon Musk paid for it a year ago, the firm admitted in an internal memo yesterday
UK’s top civil servant said Boris Johnson ‘cannot lead’, COVID inquiry WhatsApps reveal October 30, 2023 Cabinet secretary Simon Case messaged former chief of staff Dominic Cummings while the coronavirus pandemic ripped through Britain, saying the then-Prime Minister’s behaviour left him “at the end of my tether”, the UK COVID-19 Inquiry has heard.
US will force Big Tech firms to disclose AI safety strategies October 30, 2023 US president Joe Biden has said organisations whose AI models jeopardise national security must report on how safe their AI tools are.
Israel-Gaza latest: Mark Rowley calls for ‘sharper’ clarity on extremism laws October 29, 2023 Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has called for greater clarity from the government on laws policing extremism amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London during the Israel-Hamas crisis.
Government to ‘announce plans to phase out leasehold’ in King’s Speech October 29, 2023 All new houses across England and Wales will have to be sold as freeholds, as part of a Leasehold Bill led by Michael Gove, and expected to be announced in the King's Speech, according to the Sunday Times.
Race for Space II: Putin demands Russia has space station in orbit by 2027 October 28, 2023 Vladimir Putin has demanded Russia has its own space station in orbit by 2027 in an echo of the Cold War's race for space
