One in ten big UK firms failing in legal requirement to have modern slavery statement April 25, 2022 A tenth of big British firms are failing to meet the legal requirement of having a statement on modern slavery. A recent sampling of 100 companies by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) found a tenth didn’t address the scourge, which generates £126bn annually. The FRC looked at 100 annual reports for firms which are regulated [...]
Gray report into partygate could be so bad PM is forced to quit April 25, 2022 Sue Gray’s report into the partygate scandal could be so bad that Boris Johnson is forced to resign, according to new speculation. The Times reports that officials in Number 10 are expecting Gray’s report to be “excoriating” and “incredibly difficult for the Prime Minister”. The full release of Gray’s report into the many allegations of [...]
Labour says by scrapping ‘non-dom’ status it could raise £1bn April 25, 2022 Labour has said it would get rid of non-domicile status, following the row over Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s wife’s tax affairs. The opposition pledged a tax overhaul to stop people who live in the UK long-term from avoiding paying tax, saying scrapping the system could raise more than £1bn a year. In a policy announcement, the [...]
Sadiq Khan ‘heartbroken’ as four dead in stabbing incident at south London house, and one man arrested April 25, 2022 A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people died of stab injuries in south London in the early hours of the morning. The Metropolitan Police said they were called to a disturbance in Bermondsey at 1.40am on Monday, where they found three women and a man suffering with knife wounds. The [...]
Theresa May pockets more than £400,000 for just six talks as former PM hits the US lecture circuit April 25, 2022 Former Prime Minister Theresa May collected more than £400,000 for just six speeches. The MP recorded last week in the Register of Member’s Interests that she raked in £404,080 for six speeches she gave in the United States. The work, which costs her about 40 hours in total, so one full work week, was carried [...]
Watch the moment a Russian oil depot 100km from Ukraine border is engulfed in flames April 25, 2022 Videos shared on social media show the moment a Russian oil depot north of the Ukrainian border was engulfed in flames. Russia responded to the inferno in Bryansk, 100km north of the border, with state news agency Taas reporting on it at around 2am on Monday morning. Space agency Nasa’s fire tracking site also showed [...]
Business body calls for closer UK-US trade ties April 25, 2022 ONE OF Britain’s largest business groups will join growing calls for an ambitious trade deal between the US and the UK. The British Chambers of Commerce chief Shevaun Haviland will say that trade is vital to the UK’s economic recovery after Covid-19 when she speaks at an event later today. A cross-Atlantic trade deal has [...]
MPs say UK’s Covid restrictions on air travel were ‘disproportionate’ April 25, 2022 The UK government’s restrictions on air travel during Covid-19 were “disproportionate to the risks to public health” and led to a severe shock to the aviation sector, according to a Westminster committee. A new report from MPs on the Transport Committee also said the restrictions regime for international travel was “not transparent or consistent, nor [...]
Macron wins second term as president, projections show April 24, 2022 Emmanuel Macron has secured a second term as president of France after securing 58 per cent of votes, projections have revealed.
Rishi Sunak to host major City figures at £10,000-a-table Tory fundraiser April 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak will host City heavyweights at a £10,000-a-table Tory fundraiser next week as he tries to court new major donors for the party. Investment banker and Conservative party treasurer Malik Karim has organised the event, which will see the chancellor as guest of honour. Sky News reports that the event will be held at [...]