Downing Street is today locked in a bitter and very public civil war over the direction of the Government after Whitehall was rocked by the resignation of Boris Johnson’s director of communications Lee Cain. Mr Cain last night announced he will leave Number 10 at the end of the year after a standoff over whether … Read more
Downing Street is today locked in a bitter and very public civil war over the direction of the Government after Whitehall was rocked by the resignation of Boris Johnson’s director of communications Lee Cain. Mr Cain last night announced he will leave Number 10 at the end of the year after a standoff over whether … Read more
Ex-BHS owner Dominic Chappell slams financial advisers and Sir Philip Green as he denies evading tax on £2.2million he made from deal to buy collapsing high street chain Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell called the buy ‘a life-changing catastrophe’ He blamed his financial advisers and Sir Philip Green for the things going wrong Chappell denies three … Read more
Tory MP Steve Baker compares Boris Johnson to King Theoden from The Lord of the Rings and says the PM is ‘under the spell’ of his advisers like Dominic Cummings and must be ‘woken up’ Steve Baker compared Boris Johnson to King Theoden from Lord of the Rings Former Brexit minister Mr Baker claimed PM … Read more
Driving into work at 7.30 on Monday morning along the M4, I was delighted to find myself stuck in a traffic jam. After the preternaturally quiet motorways and half-empty rail carriages of recent months, gridlock felt like welcome normality. Nobody loves commuting, but for a brief moment it seemed the rush hour and the bustling, … Read more
FCA launches crackdown on rogue advisers: Two-year campaign aims to stop investment scams and excessive fees By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 More than 100 financial advice firms are being investigated by the City watchdog as part of a sector-wide crackdown, … Read more
Covid-19 survivors shouldn’t have to self-isolate if they develop symptoms of the disease because they aren’t likely to be infectious, government scientific advisers suggest Sage studied evidence which found it’s likely survivors can’t be infected again But admitted it is unclear how long this coronavirus ‘immunity’ would last for Experts dismissed idea of immunity passports, … Read more
Serious public disorder in the coming months could ‘overwhelm all attempts’ to control coronavirus and ‘catastrophically’ undermine recovery plans, scientific advisers have warned. The current ‘volatile and highly complex situation’ means the UK will face ‘grave challenges’ in maintaining public order, according to a paper considered by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) in … Read more
When they moved into their three-bedroom semi-detached leasehold house near Liverpool, Andrea Millward and husband Roi were told that after living in the house for two years, they could buy the freehold at a cost of £2,950. But 11 months after moving in, the developer sold the freehold on to a third party investment company. Andrea Millward … Read more
Signs of a rift between Boris Johnson and his top scientific advisers deepened today after they failed to attend the PM’s latest announcement on lockdown easing. Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty were notable absentees from this morning’s briefing from Downing Street The SAGE experts have become familiar … Read more