Boohoo boss jumps to the defence of founder in wake of sweat shop scandal before fast fashion chain’s AGM By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 BST, 15 June 2021 | Updated: 21:56 BST, 15 June 2021 The boss of Boohoo has launched an impassioned defence of the fast fashion chain’s founder as … Read more
Unite union leadership contender Howard Beckett calls for UK’s multi-billion defence budget to pay for gypsy and traveller sites Howard Beckett running to succeed Len McCluskey as Unite general secretary He welcomed endorsement from Labour Black Socialists on Twitter Groups said he wanted defence cash spent on making traveller sites ‘available’ By John Stevens, Deputy Political … Read more
Defence giant Babcock axes 1,000 jobs in drastic overhaul after racking up a loss of more than £1bn By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:43 BST, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 22:43 BST, 13 April 2021 Defence giant Babcock International is slashing 1,000 jobs and writing off £1.7billion from the value of the … Read more
Labour was today dragged into the Greensill scandal after it was revealed its shadow defence secretary John Healey lobbied ministers to hand the cash-strapped company £200million in COVID-19 loans ‘without delay’. The shadow defence secretary wrote to Business Secretary Nadhim Zahawi in May 2020 urging him to give Greensill, run by Australian financier Lex Greensill and owners of … Read more
Labour was today dragged into the Greensill scandal after it was revealed its shadow defence secretary John Healey lobbied ministers to hand the cash-strapped company £200million in COVID-19 loans ‘without delay’. The shadow defence secretary wrote to Business Secretary Nadhim Zahawi in May 2020 urging him to give Greensill, run by Australian financier Lex Greensill and owners of … Read more
Wednesday night’s episode of Married At First Sight saw Melissa Rawson race to her husband Bryce Ruthven’s defense after he stormed out of a group dinner party. The usually shy workplace trainer, 31, took her co-stars by surprise after she stood up for Bryce after he dramatically left the room. ‘I’m the most understanding person … Read more
Green berets: Climate change ‘firmly a defence problem’ says army chief in new report that recommends the Armed Forces ‘take transformative action’ to become more eco-friendly Lt General Richard Nugee led the Climate Change and Sustainability Review He said that climate change was ‘changing the way our military fight’ The report, released today, suggests military … Read more
Two former British military chiefs today warned China and Russia will not be worried by the UK’s new defence shake-up as they said troop cuts will mean the Armed Forces are ‘less able to deploy to conflicts at scale’. Lord Richards and Lord Houghton, who both served as chief of the defence staff in the … Read more
Two former British military chiefs today warned China and Russia will not be worried by the UK’s new defence shake-up as they said troop cuts will mean the Armed Forces are ‘less able to deploy to conflicts at scale’. Lord Richards and Lord Houghton, who both served as chief of the defence staff in the … Read more
A Royal Navy warship will be deployed off the coast of Gibraltar for the first time under Britain’s defence review – but an Army Colonel has warned it is a ‘huge mistake’ to cut 10,000 troops amid warnings that China’s forces are growing at a ‘frightening rate’. The Government is due to outline to Parliament … Read more