Boris Johnson has brushed off talk of an impending crisis with the EU and Northern Ireland, saying he is “not worried” it will overshadow this weekend’s G7 summit in Cornwall and believes a solution is “easily doable”’ As world leaders arrive in the UK, the EU said its patience is “wearing very, very thin” in […]
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Finance ministers of the G7 countries have signed a deal to make tech giants and multinationals pay a minimum global corporation tax for the first time. Chancellor Rishi Sunak hailed the “historic” agreement – which forces the world’s biggest companies to pay at least 15% tax – as a “huge prize for British taxpayers, creating […]
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One million households in fear losing their homes as England’s eviction ban ended on Monday with warnings from Shelter that homelessness is set to rise “significantly”. The temporary ban on evictions in England ended on Monday (May 31) and 400,000 renters have already received eviction notices, said the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) – “an independent […]
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Wales is launching the UK’s first universal basic income (UBI) pilot scheme, first minister Mark Drakeford has announced. The policy will “see whether the promises that basic income hold out are genuinely delivered” for people, said Drakeford, confirming recipients will get a monthly stipend from the Welsh government. Jane Hutt, the newly appointed social justice […]
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The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has called on Boris Johnson to restart talks with the EU and sort out the food exports crisis that has seen sales of UK milk and creams to the EU plummet 96% since Brexit. Johnson has so far refused to open talks to solve issues arising from new trade […]
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Boris Johnson has warned vaccinated people not to meet up indoors this Easter because the jabs “are not 100% effective”. The prime minister’s video message comes as politicians across party divides are uniting to oppose the possible introduction of vaccine passports that risk creating “a two tier nation of division”. More than 70 MPs and […]
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The US is threatening to impose up to 25% tariffs on UK exports as retaliation in a row over a digital services tax that has hit US tech giants like Amazon, Google and Facebook. UK companies exporting ceramics, overcoats, games consoles, furniture and make-up could be affected by the tariffs, according to a list published by […]
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Rishi Sunak delivered his second Budget as chancellor with a further £65 billion boost for businesses and workers hit by the pandemic, but the focus has been on the biggest tax rises for half a century. The Financial Times labels the budget a “spend now, tax later Budget” while the Conservative supporting Telegraph headlines their […]
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Rishi Sunak is set to announce the furlough scheme will be extended until the end of September in with the chancellor pledging to use the “full firepower” at his disposal to protect jobs. The chancellor unveils full details of his budget tomorrow (Wednesday) when he also expected to cut VAT for hospitality firms, keep the […]
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Boris Johnson has laid out England’s exit from lockdown, declaring “the end is in sight” on the day the UK passed 129,498 deaths of people with Covid-19. The prime minister’s “cautious but also irreversible” road map out of lockdown is, he hopes, a “one way road to freedom” where even nightclubs could be open on […]
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