Caring for the community September 22, 2022 | City Talk As we get closer to World Sight Day, it is vital to think about how we cure those in need. Across the globe, many communities struggle due to residing in isolated areas. In Nepal, many communities live in regions that are high in the mountains and require an extremely treacherous journey to reach. The Tej [...]
From Thatcher to Truss: stop equating female leaders with feminist leaders September 22, 2022 In Liz Truss, we now have our third female prime minister and our second in a decade - a laudable achievement. It is important not to confuse a female body for a feminist mind.
Let’s be honest, stamp duty is a terrible tax killing economic growth and productivity September 22, 2022 Tomorrow’s mini-budget is turning into a super-budget. The changes were already looking drastic, from the energy price freeze and scrapping the bankers’ bonus to reversing the national insurance and corporate tax rises. The latest reports suggest the prime minister and her chancellor are even intending to cut stamp duty. “This is about growing the size [...]
Britain’s millionaires still feel like they are cash poor September 22, 2022 In 2021, global wealth grew by 12.7 per cent according to the latest Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, published this week. There are now over 60 million millionaires in the world, more than twice as many as in 2011, a mere decade ago. Britain has 4,180 people who are worth over $100m each, and a [...]
Letters: Online safety is back, back again September 22, 2022 [Re: Online safety rules for tech firms must encourage – not restrict – future growth, August 31] The Online Safety Bill, a landmark piece of legislation which has been five years in the making, has stirred up a lot of debate in recent months and is being watched closely by regulators all over the world. [...]
“Nothing short of a miracle” – Curing blindness in Dormaba, Nepal September 21, 2022 | City Talk In March 2022, the Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation, in collaboration with the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, staged a cataract microsurgical camp in Doramba, Nepal. This turned out to be one of the biggest outreach camps held in the mountainous regions of Nepal. In total there were 333 patients with nine of them being completely [...]
If politics is about persuasion, Truss’ speeches need to be on life support September 21, 2022 So you don’t have to, I have re-watched a number of Liz Truss’ speeches.
We’re hardwired to accept bumper salaries for sports stars but not our City bankers September 21, 2022 In a bid to prove her free market credentials – and those of her chancellor – Liz Truss has widely trailed the idea of lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses. Cue outrage from the usual quarters. At the same time, there was another headline in the Guardian on remuneration which might be thought would cause [...]
An energy cap is a start but the challenge has just begun September 21, 2022 Two days after her appointment as prime minister, Liz Truss unveiled the Energy Price Guarantee, the single largest fiscal intervention introduced in the UK in peacetime. In just over a week, household bills will be frozen at an average £2,500 per year – savings of £1,000 from Ofgem’s October price cap – for two years. [...]
Letters: Take our cues from Scandi September 21, 2022 [Re: Oslo has come up with new ideas for the housing crisis , London should do the same, Sept 16] Bravo to Copenhagen’s longest serving Mayor in “Oslo has come up with new ideas for the housing crisis , London should do the same”. Sadiq Khan should reflect on his 6 years’ of mediocre housing [...]