More than 100 arrests after environmental activists block central London October 10, 2022 The Met Police made more than 100 arrests after environmental activists blocked parts of central London this weekend. Campaigners from Just Stop Oil and Animal Rebellion were detained by authorities after protesting at landmarks including Westminster Bridge and Piccadilly Circus. Police arrested activists in Berwick Street who were intending to cause criminal damage, seizing items [...]
Kyiv rocked by series of explosions in reported retaliation for Crimea bridge blast October 10, 2022 Ukraine’s capital Kyiv was hit by a number of explosions on Monday morning, as the Kremlin hit back in wake of the alleged sabotage of a bridge in Crimea. The blasts just after 8am in Kyiv hit near its old town and government offices, days after Russia blamed Ukraine for a huge explosion on a [...]
Truss to reset premiership as parliament returns from conference recess October 10, 2022 Liz Truss will hope to reset her premiership as parliament returns today, after warning her MPs that the Tories face electoral wipeout unless they row in behind her. The Prime Minister is reportedly planning to bring forward more supply-side reforms this week in a bid to grasp the agenda and provide more clarity around her [...]
Kwarteng to meet with IMF after it cautioned chancellor over mini-Budget October 9, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng will travel to Washington, DC this week to meet with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the first time as chancellor. Kwarteng is travelling to the US for the IMF’s annual meeting, the first of its kind in-person since Covid, where he is expected to meet with its managing director Kristalina Georgieva. He [...]
City groups rally Kwarteng on post-Brexit financial services reforms October 9, 2022 City groups are calling for more speed and clarity from the government over proposed changes to the financial services rulebook post-Brexit as the Chancellor comes closer to outlining his plans to unleash the City. TheCityUK tonight urged the Treasury to bring forward changes to “ensure continued high-quality proportionate regulation”, while UK Finance called for “a sustained [...]
Truss tells Tory MPs: Unite behind me or face defeat to Labour October 9, 2022 Liz Truss has told her own Tory backbenchers that they must unite behind her leadership or face electoral wipeout at the hands of Labour. Number 10 and several cabinet ministers have today come out to warn rebel MPs about Tory disunity, after a party conference marked by vicious infighting and attacks on Truss. Former cabinet [...]
Zahawi says it’s ‘extremely unlikely’ UK will have winter energy blackouts October 9, 2022 It is “extremely unlikely” the UK will face planned energy blackouts through winter, Cabinet Office minister Nadhim Zahawi has said. Zahawi said “we plan for every scenario”, but that there is a “buffer” of energy supplies that will get the UK through winter. National Grid said earlier this week that British households should cut their [...]
Russia suffers huge blow with Crimean bridge explosion October 8, 2022 The only bridge connecting the occupied Crimean peninsula and Russia has been engulfed in flames this morning, following reports of an explosion - taking out huge sections of road which have fallen into the Kerch Strait.
Home Office reprimanded after sensitive documents left at London venue October 7, 2022 The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a formal reprimand to the Home Office, after sensitive documents were found at a London venue. The documents, which were handed by venue staff to police in September 2021, included two Extremism Analysis Unit Home Office reports and a Counter Terrorism Policing report. The Extremism Analysis Unit analyses ideologies [...]
Trade minister Conor Burns has whip suspended over claims of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ October 7, 2022 The Conservatives have suspended the whip for Trade Minister Conor Burns MP over claims of “inappropriate behaviour” at the Party conference this week. A Whips’ Office spokesman told Morning Wire:“We have suspended the Whip pending investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour earlier this week. “We take all such allegations extremely seriously. The Prime Minister has [...]