Nervous Kremlin faces growing efforts from all sides within Russia to topple Putin as coup rumours swell in Moscow September 14, 2022 Staunch Putin loyalist Kadyrov criticizes Kremlin on Telegram Lawmakers in St Petersburg urge parliament to prosecute Putin for treason Lawmakers in Moscow call for imminent Putin removal Tensions between Kremlin and security service FSB growing fast Social media activity in Russia in overdrive Analysts convinced Kremlin coup may be imminent ‘Siloviki’ group of former FSB [...]
Inflation drops for first time in nearly a year, but BoE still on rate hike path September 14, 2022 Inflation in the UK dropped for the first time in nearly a year, but will do little to stop the Bank of England from continuing to hike interest rates, City economists said today. Prices climbed 9.9 per cent over the year to August, down from a 40-year high rate of 10.1 in July, according to [...]
Kwarteng’s go for growth call shouldn’t be that controversial a message September 13, 2022 Go for growth. That’s the message given to the Treasury by the new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, we are told, with a need to do things differently under fresh leadership. Who are we to argue? Of course, simply ordering the Treasury to deliver 2.5 per cent growth does not make it happen. If there was a [...]
Square Mile lobby urges new City minister to push through Brexit reforms September 13, 2022 New City minister Andrew Griffith must push forward with the government’s plan to reform the UK’s financial services rulebook post-Brexit, the industry’s leading business group has said. TheCityUK today congratulated the ex-Sky executive on his appointment and called on the Treasury to ensure the UK is a “well-regulated, open and competitive place to do business”. [...]
Wave of optimism and excitement across Ukraine as Russian Army suffers defeat after defeat in dozens of villages September 13, 2022 The sombre mood that has dominated Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, at the beginning of February, is rapidly making way for a wave of optimism and excitement after days of successes by the country’s army. Reports yesterday from the Ukrainian military stated that home forces successfully freed more than 20 settlements in [...]
Guilty: MP Margaret Ferrier forced to do 270 hours of community service after taking the train while positive September 13, 2022 A member of parliament head today she will have to do 270 hours of community service, after she “wilfully ignored” Covid rules and travelled by train from London to Scotland after testing positive. Margaret Ferrier was told the sentence was a direct alternative to custody and that she will need to carry out the unpaid [...]
Ex-minister says Kwarteng was right to sack Treasury’s top civil servant September 13, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng was right to sack the Treasury’s top civil servant and his exit was a “cause for celebration”, according to a former Treasury minister. Former fraud minister Lord Theodore Agnew said the sacked Treasury permanent secretary Tom Scholar was the embodiment of “the malign influence of the Treasury orthodoxy”. Kwarteng has immediately tried to [...]
Dozens crushed and injured at inauguration of Kenya’s new ‘hustler’ president Ruto September 13, 2022 NAIROBI – Dozens of people were crushed and injured after hundreds forced their way into a Nairobi stadium where William Ruto is currently being inaugurated as Kenya’s next president. A medic told Morning Wire this afternoon that a fence at the Nairobi stadium fell down after people pushed it and about 60 were injured, though [...]
Health secretary must not forget about prevention in tackling NHS crisis, urges think tank September 13, 2022 The new health secretary must not forget about prevention, according to a top think tank, as she inherits the job of tackling an NHS in crisis. Thérèse Coffey, who was earlier this month appointed as the health minister, as well as deputy prime minister, announced last week she would prioritise A, B, C and D [...]
UK civil servants to have computers monitored to get people back to office September 13, 2022 Whitehall civil servants will have their computers monitored in a bid to get people back to the office permanently post-Covid. Civil servants in the Cabinet Office, which has around 2,700 staff, have been told that management will monitor how often they log on to their computers to track how much they work from home. It [...]