Companies may soon be required to publish their ethnic pay gaps under new legislation following a review ordered by Downing Street. The Prime Minister Boris Johnson this week confirmed the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities would reconsider current legislation which only requires organisations to publish a disparity in gender pay. The new proposal, which … Read more
Sir Winston Churchill’s statue will be freed from its protective box by Thursday in time for French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to bestow the Legion of Honour on London. Macron’s visit will also mark 80 years since exiled wartime resistance leader Charles de Gaulle called on France to resist the Nazis from the BBC studios. … Read more
Boris Johnson signalled tonight he wants the two-metre coronavirus social distancing rule axed as soon as possible as he admitted it was poisoning Britain’s economic recovery. The Prime Minister appealed to the nation for patience as he told anxious workers and business owners ‘we hear you’ as he fronted tonight’s Downing Street press conference. Answering … Read more
Covid-19 can pass between people up to THREE FEET apart even when they are wearing a mask as repeated coughing reduces their efficiency Researchers created a computer model to simulate saliva flowing from a cough They found that even with a mask droplets of saliva can still escape the mouth As people cough into the … Read more
Marcus Rashford is today being hailed as the hero of lockdown as his successful free school meals campaign became yet another unlikely victory for a young footballer who has already defied the odds to become one of England’s top sportsmen. The 22-year-old star says leaving home aged 11 to join Manchester United’s academy when his single mother … Read more
Boris Johnson announced the government department responsible for foreign aid is to be scrapped in a dramatic overhaul of the way Britain operates overseas. The department for International Development (Dfid) will be merged into the Foreign Office to create the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in a bid to ‘maximise British influence’ overseas, he told … Read more
What has happened to Boris Johnson? Where is the bouncy, exuberant, can-do leader who led his party to a triumphant victory last December? He pops up quite often to remind us of his existence —sending tweets, writing a newspaper article, giving short interviews, doing photo opportunities — but much of his famous elan has vanished. … Read more
The move to board up the monument of Sir Winston Churchill has been compared by one Tory peer to the ‘fascist days of Islamic State’ in Syria. Tory Lord Marlesford said the targeting of statues amid fears of a clash between Black Lives Matters activists and far-right groups in the capital gave way to raising the … Read more
EU warns it won’t accept a ‘pig in a poke’ trade deal as Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen hold summit vowing to ‘focus’ and inject ‘momentum’ into talks amid bitter standoff over fishing and following Brussels rules Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen have held summit on trade agreement UK threat to … Read more
Boris Johnson has rejected a plea from footballer Marcus Rashford to extend free school meals for 1.3million children for six weeks through the summer holidays, it was revealed today. The Prime Minister will instead write to the Manchester United and England striker about what the Government is doing to make sure vulnerable children do not go hungry. … Read more