Michael Gove: There won’t be an emergency budget to tackle the cost of living crisis May 11, 2022 Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove has insisted there will not be an emergency budget to deal with the cost of living crisis. The minister made his comments on Sky News this morning after the prime minister told the Commons yesterday, that Rishi Sunak would be “saying more” on the UK’s response to rising inflation and [...]
Khan tours America: Donald Trump’s presidency led to much more racist abuse for me, says Mayor of London May 11, 2022 As Sadiq Khan’s visit to the US matures, the Mayor of London has said Donald Trump’s period as US president led to a significant rise in racial abuse directed at him. Khan, speaking at Stanford University near San Francisco on his US trade mission, said temporary and permanent banning of Mr Trump from Twitter led [...]
Fresh losses for Putin as Russian Army loses most of Kharkiv and Ukraine holds ground at Mariupol mill May 11, 2022 Kyiv’s military has made gains near the eastern city of Kharkiv overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed this morning. Zelensky that the military was gradually pushing Russian troops away from the city. The Ukrainian military’s general staff said its forces drove the Russians out of four villages to the northeast of Kharkiv as it tries [...]
Eat that, Putin: US lawmakers give green light for historic £32bn lifeline for Ukraine in fresh push to ‘weaken’ Russia May 11, 2022 Sigh of relief in Kyiv this morning as the US House of Representatives has emphatically approved a fresh $40bn, or £32.4bn, aid package for Ukraine. The measure sailed to passage by a lopsided 368-57 margin, providing $7bn more than President Joe Biden’s request from April and dividing the increase evenly between defence and humanitarian programs. [...]
Scrap National Insurance hike to ease cost of living, says Khan May 10, 2022 BORIS Johnson should cut National Insurance contributions in a bid to ease the cost of living, Sadiq Khan has said during a trip to the US. The Queen’s speech, delivered today, did not include further measures to ease the burden of sky-high gas prices and the Prime Minister warned that “we cannot spend our way [...]
Khan: London should hold Olympics again by 2050 May 10, 2022 Sadiq Khan has said London should host the Olympics again
Car crashes into front of Boris Johnson’s £1.3m Camberwell townhouse May 10, 2022 Police were called after a car ploughed into the Camberwell home of prime minister Boris Johnson. The Vauxhall Astra was pictured in front of the £1.3m townhouse after crashing in the early hours of Monday morning. The force said in a statement: “Officers attended and found a car that had struck the exterior of a [...]
Sadiq Khan the toast of New York as Hillary Clinton rushes to share limelight with London Mayor May 10, 2022 As Sadiq Khan’s US tour continues, the Mayor of London shared a stage with US political veteran Hillary Clinton in New York City. Khan attended a meeting with the former US presidential hopeful at the Clinton Foundation offices in Manhattan on Monday to discuss issues facing the capital as well as recovery from the coronavirus [...]
Sadiq Khan warms up for MLB guest appearance as London Mayor practises in New York’s Central Park May 10, 2022 Sadiq Khan has warmed up for his guest appearance throwing the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball (MLB) game by practising in New York’s Central Park. The Mayor of London met with Hillary Clinton, the city’s current mayor Eric Adams and its former leader Michael Bloomberg on Monday at the start of his [...]
Inside the Kremlin: Putin living in an alternate reality with Russia in Ukraine ‘for the long haul’ May 10, 2022 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has created an alternative reality to convince the population that the country is under siege from its enemies, according to a leading security expert. Keir Giles, a senior consulting fellow at Chatham House, the international affairs think tank, said Putin’s speech at the Victory Day parade in Moscow was “the same [...]