Facebook CEO Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Dorsey to appear voluntarily before US Senate Judiciary Committee after both social networks blocked story about Joe Biden’s son Twitter head Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Panel has voted to subpoena the two company officials to probe their moves … Read more
Public ‘deserve answers’ about secret spy-led committee helping plan UK’s local lockdown response, senior MP tells ministers Dr Greg Clark MP said the UK’s Joint Biosecurity Centre is ‘far too opaque’ He said the British public ‘deserve answers’ from the highly-secretive group JBC advises decisions about widely-impactful local lockdowns across country By Jemma Carr For Mailonline Published: 02:05 … Read more
Honours committee is planning to remove ‘Empire’ from OBE and MBE after Black Lives Matter movement highlighted links to slavery Black Lives Matter movement reignited debate over the OBE and MBE awards Members of honours committee are considering the removal of word ‘Empire’ Recent protests have highlighted Empire’s association with brutality and slavery By Sophie … Read more
Boris Johnson’s Covid clampdown has divided his Cabinet, it emerged last night. He faces a fierce Tory backlash over the contentious ‘rule of six’ that bans gatherings of seven or more from Monday. A string of senior ministers opposed the measure at a crunch meeting, with Chancellor Rishi Sunak among those to speak out. A … Read more
Baby’s first select committee! Moment MP’s crying infant interrupts Ofqual video call as her mutli-tasking father straps her into a papoose to soothe her while carrying on the meeting Stoke Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis appeared on the video call with his baby Footage shows that at first, the child appeared to be settled in the … Read more
Chris Grayling quits Intelligence and Security Committee after former MP Julian Lewis was elected as chairman ahead of him Ex-Tory MP Mr Lewis was elected as chair of the committee ahead of Mr Grayling Former Transport Secretary Mr Grayling had been tipped for the role last month By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 19:32 BST, … Read more
Donald Trump’s campaign’s interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a ‘grave’ counterintelligence threat, a Senate panel concluded Tuesday as it detailed in a report how associates of the Republican candidate had regular contact with Russians and expected to benefit from the Kremlin’s help. Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere … Read more
UN committee looking into global insolvency practices runs low on cash By Dan Atkinson For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 22:59 BST, 1 August 2020 The United Nations committee looking into global insolvency practices is gaining hands-on experience of running short of money. Working group five of the … Read more
Want to boost profits? Hire more women! Large companies with no female executive committee members ‘missed out on £47 billion last year’, research claims Research by The Pipeline found 15 per cent of major companies had no women in top roles Companies with no women on highest committees had net profit margin of 1.5% Percentage … Read more
A senior Cabinet minister dismissed fears over Russian-linked donations worth tens of thousands of pounds made to top Tory MPs today, insisting they came from ‘British citizens’. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis, who received payments of £48,000 from two donors with links to the country, said that they were all above board and those who … Read more