Whitehall ministries will NOT be covered by new clampdown on aid cash flowing to Beijing 

We’ll still give China millions despite aid cut: Whitehall ministries will NOT be covered by new clampdown on cash flowing to Beijing Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced on Wednesday that his department will cut funding for programmes in China by 95 per cent  However other Whitehall ministries, including the business department, are not covered by … Read more

Klarna clampdown: Regulation of buy now, pay later credit firms due within weeks

Plans to regulate Britain’s booming £2.7billion buy now, pay later industry will be released within weeks, This is Money understands. A consultation on draft regulation affecting platforms like ClearPay, Klarna, Laybuy and PayPal is expected to be published in early May, after an amendment to credit legislation was passed in parliament this week. A Financial … Read more

Another night of carnage: Police clampdown on revellers holding parties in parks

Police clamped down on revellers massing in large crowds last night after thousands ignored pleas to stick to follow the rules on the last day of the 75F mini-heatwave. Officers were seen clearing drinkers from Castlefield Bowl in Manchester after hundreds gathered for a rave with a live DJ set, while similar police action took … Read more

Another night of carnage: Police clampdown on revellers holding parties in parks

Police clamped down on revellers massing in large crowds last night after thousands ignored pleas to stick to follow the rules on the last day of the 75F mini-heatwave. Officers were seen clearing drinkers from Castlefield Bowl in Manchester after hundreds gathered for a rave with a live DJ set, while similar police action took … Read more

At last! The Klarna clampdown begins… and not a moment too soon 

Buy-now-pay-later firm Klarna first offered British shoppers the chance to put off payment at the checkout in 2014, when it launched in the UK. Yet, seven years on, regulation is only now on the cards after five million people spent billions of pounds using the quick and easy loans last year. Consumer campaigners have spent … Read more

Music chiefs warn over clampdown on streaming services

Music industry bosses to defend right to large chunk of revenues from streaming services such as Spotify amid threat of crackdown By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 16 January 2021 Music industry bosses will this week defend their right to a large chunk of … Read more

Recovery being held back by Covid clampdown, Bank of England warns

Britain’s economic recovery is being held back by the Covid clampdown, Bank of England warns By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 21:59 GMT, 17 December 2020 Tough restrictions kept in place after the November lockdowns are slowing Britain’s economic recovery, the Bank of England has warned. … Read more

DR JOHN LEE: The clampdown that is just bureaucratic insanity

After 2,000 years, the famous words of Hippocrates are still the best rule of thumb for any doctor: ‘First, do no harm.’ By plunging London into a Tier Three lockdown, the Government is going to do terrible harm to the city, the entire national economy, and to millions of lives. No one can predict the … Read more

CHARLES WALKER MP: My outrage over anti-lockdown protest clampdown

The breaking up of a public protest by police is not pretty to see. But there was something particularly unpleasant about the scene I witnessed last week outside the gates of the House of Commons. As I looked out of a window on to Parliament Square, I noticed a group of officers confronting an elderly … Read more

Mortgage prisoners find their freedom from 2008 clampdown  

Mortgage prisoners find their freedom after being locked in expensive deals since 2008 clampdown   By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 24 November 2020 Mortgage prisoners are finally being freed from expensive deals after overpaying for years – but many are still trapped. An estimated … Read more