Boris Johnson is claiming his legislation to scrap the Northern Ireland protocol and break international law is in fact “relatively trivial” changes. The prime minister is under renewed fire from his own backbenches with Tory MPs accusing Johnson of “damaging the UK and everything the Conservatives stand for” – just a week after Johnson survived […]
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With fuel prices rising further making consumer goods unaffordable for many, food poverty is escalating too. Food banks are running low on stocks, and an Independent Food Aid Network (IFAN) survey has indicated that 95 per cent of their members attribute the record-level demand to the cost of living crisis. In an open letter to […]
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Sheryl Sandberg joined Facebook to “be the adult in the room” back in 2008. Since then, she has overseen astronomical growth in profits, particularly in advertising revenue, but she has also been in the eye of multiple controversies. Once celebrated as an icon for women in business, she was later accused of stirring up more […]
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Airline bosses have hit back at transport secretary Grant Shapps for blaming them for the travel chaos saying government ministers have “scant” understanding about how their industry actually works. Shapps has accused airlines of “seriously” overselling flights they knew they would need to cancel, blaming the aviation sector for the chaos at UK airports and […]
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Boris Johnson has re-written the ministerial code of conduct whilst he is being investigated by MPs over whether he has breached it by lying to the House of Commons. Labour said Johnson is “debasing the principles of public life” and the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner accused the PM of “watering down” the rules of […]
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After the release of the full Sue Gray report, the Tory party is, once again, in total disarray because of, what one Tory MP described as ‘total failure of leadership’ on the part of Boris Johnson. While people up and down the country were adhering to strict Covid19 rules, wine and beer were flowing in […]
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The boss of energy giant E.ON has warned that four-in-ten households in the UK are facing fuel poverty if the government fails to act in the face of soaring energy bills. Michael Lewis, the CEO of E.ON UK told the BBC the government must intervene immediately with around 12.5% of its customers already struggling to […]
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The escalating cost of living is likely to lead to an increase in petty crime and present officers with substantive new challenges, Andy Cooke, the new HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary has warned. But his suggestions that police officers ought to use their discretion when dealing with shoplifters who are clearly struggling to buy food […]
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Rishi Sunak appears to be warming to the idea of a windfall tax. Previously, he and the Prime Minister had rejected the idea of introducing such a tax, fearing it may repel investment and reduce dividends on pension funds. But escalating living costs, the urgent need to support struggling households, and insufficient investment on the […]
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Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to resign if he’s fined by Durham police for beers and curry – a stance being covered as a ‘high-stakes-high-reward gamble’. The Labour leader is framed as trying to draw a clear distinction between himself and Boris Johnson, who faces more fines for more lockdown breaches – and eventually the […]
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