After days of anticipation, the government finally announced yesterday that the UK is now in the delay phase. But if you were hoping for severer measures in the government’s coronavirus action plan, you must have been disappointed. Thursday’s Cobra meeting ran well into the afternoon. When Ireland decided to close all schools and colleges and […]
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28 eight days into his tenure, the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, delivered his UK 2020 budget speech. As expected, he has pledged billions of pounds to help the NHS and business deal with the ongoing coronavirus fallout. Sunak has also announced a major infrastructural spending package while delivering funding for areas hit by flooding and several […]
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Sir Philip Rutnam, the top civil servant at the Home Office has quit his post citing a “vicious and orchestrated campaign” against him by the home secretary Priti Patel. The Home Office permanent secretary – who has 33 years experience working in Whitehall –announced his resignation today (Saturday) and said he intends to sue the […]
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Boris Johnson’s no-show response to the recent UK floods has come in for a barrage of criticism from all sides including Nigel Farrage and Jeremy Corbyn. But his business minister, Nadhim Zahawi, told Sky News that the Prime Minister wanted to avoid a media jamboree and instead focus on putting together an aid package for […]
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Home secretary Priti Patel has been accused of “bullying” and “belittling” officials and “creating an ‘atmosphere of fear’” as it emerged she has tried to get rid of her most senior civil servant “after a toxic clash at the top of the Home Office”. The Times splashed with the headline “Home Office at war after […]
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The government’s new immigration policy has been condemned as “toxic” and “xenophobic” with business set to be hit hard by plans that “spell absolute disaster” for Britain’s care system. Home secretary Priti Patel defended the new policy that is designed to cut numbers of low-skilled migrants coming to post-Brexit Britain from the start of next […]
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Chancellor Sajid Javid has sensationally quit after the prime minster ordered a cull of all of his Treasury advisors at the start of Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle. Javid’s resignation – just three weeks before the budget – is the biggest shock of a day that has seen other leading Tories lose their cabinet posts in […]
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The mayors of Manchester and Liverpool have hailed the government’s decision to renationalise the failing Northern rail franchise as a “victory for passengers” while calling for major investment to fix the north’s railways. HS2 is a major element of this outlay and backers of the high-speed rail project have been boosted with reports that Chancellor […]
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Boris Johnson has warned ministers to focus on their jobs instead of the television cameras to ‘get policy done’ – or get the sack. The PM’s threat comes as the Conservative party chairman James Cleverly confirmed the government has plans to move the House of Lords to York as part of wide-scale reforms to “level-up” […]
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The boss of British Airways has slammed the UK government’s rescue deal for the regional airline FlyBe with an official complaint filed to the European Commission against the plan. Ministers announced a rescue package for the country’s biggest domestic airline carrier on Tuesday night that includes a £100 million tax deferral to keep Flybe flying. […]
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