Leaked recording reveals Liz Truss saying UK workers lack ‘skill and application’, need more ‘graft’ August 17, 2022 A leaked recording has revealed Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss saying UK workers lacked “skill and application” compared to foreign rivals. The foreign secretary made her comments before 2019 when she was number two in the treasury, and was questioned about it last night during a feisty hustings in Peth. The recording, originally published by [...]
Truss has 32-point lead over Sunak in latest poll of Tory members August 17, 2022 Liz Truss is still leading Rishi Sunak by 32 points in the latest poll of Tory members as the foreign secretary inches closer to becoming Prime Minister. The ConservativeHome poll, out today, showed Truss was on 60 per cent and Sunak was on 28 per cent. The latest result is consistent with a string of [...]
Victims of infected blood scandal to be given £400m by October August 17, 2022 The government will pay out £400m by October to thousands of people impacted by the so-called ‘infected blood scandal’ Up to 4,000 people will receive payments of £100,000 after contracting HIV and hepatitis C as a result of being given products imported from the US. Many were given infected blood as children in the form [...]
Brexit: UK launches ‘formal dispute’ against EU over Horizon delay August 16, 2022 London has launched a formal dispute against the EU for its decision to block the UK from its €95bn science programme post-Brexit. Foreign secretary Liz Truss tonight announced the UK government had begun “formal consultations” over the long-running row and has written to the EU to “launch dispute resolution proceedings”. This is the first time [...]
Sunak vows to take on SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and win August 16, 2022 Former Chancellor and Tory leadership contender Rishi Sunak has pledged to fight the SNP and challenge its record governing Scotland.
Pubs are vital parts of our community: they urgently need a tax cut August 16, 2022 If the pandemic taught us one thing, it’s that the City is far more than traders, brokers and bankers. It’s the teams who packed up a host of high-end kit on a Friday and parked it in front rooms in the Home Counties in time for Monday’s open; the insurers and the compliance bods who [...]
Harrods threatens to become first major employer to use agency staff as strikebreakers August 16, 2022 The staffing agency industry’s trade body has hit out at Harrods after the luxury department store threatened to take advantage of new laws allowing it to break strikes using temporary workers. Harrods told its staff it is willing to use temporary workers to keep its shop running after employees at the Knightsbridge shop threatened to [...]
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says Scott Morrison ‘trashed democracy’ in cabinet scandal August 16, 2022 Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was guilty of an “unprecedented trashing of our democracy” when he secretly appointed himself to five ministerial roles, according to current PM Anthony Albanese. Albanese said Morrison, who lost this year’s General Election, “deliberately undermined the checks and balances that are so important and essential for our democracy” and [...]
Rumours grow job hunter Boris Johnson will join the Daily Mail after leaving Number 10 next month August 16, 2022 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reportedly busy job hunting as his time in Number 10 comes to an end. The Guardian reported this week that Johnson, who previously wrote for the Daily Telegraph on a salary of £275,000 a month, is looking for a new gig when he ends his term. In fact, he has [...]
Political chaos in Kenya deepens fast: Raila Odinga refuses to accept William Ruto’s presidential win August 16, 2022 Prolonged political chaos looms in Kenya as opposition leader Raila Odinga, the establishment’s favourite, declared this afternoon that he will not accept the official outcome of the 2022 presidential election. Yesterday, Kenya’s electoral committee said William Ruto won the election, which took place a week ago. However, Ruto’s opponent, Odinga, stated today that “a violation [...]