Mother whose son, three, was badly injured by e-scooter in hit-and-run demands urgent crackdown on the vehicles Milosz Gleba, 3, suffered two broken collarbones after being struck by e-scooter The boy was left in awful pain and even had to be given morphine by paramedics He is now terrified of leaving his house as his … Read more
Boris Johnson promises ‘ruthless’ crackdown on scourge of gangs stealing our dogs Demand for dogs during pandemic triggered huge rise in thefts, with some breeds fetching up to £4,000 each – four times pre-Covid prices Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland has set up taskforce PM said it would ensure ‘criminal justice system is dealing properly with … Read more
Boris Johnson promises ‘ruthless’ crackdown on scourge of gangs stealing our dogs Demand for dogs during pandemic triggered huge rise in thefts, with some breeds fetching up to £4,000 each – four times pre-Covid prices Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland has set up taskforce PM said it would ensure ‘criminal justice system is dealing properly with … Read more
The taxman has blown the lid off the offshore interests of millions of Britons – exposing secret Swiss bank accounts and investments buried in the Caribbean. Armed with new international tax data and tougher penalty powers, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is understood to have sent out tens of thousands of warning letters to UK … Read more
Britain’s top mandarin has warned high-level Whitehall officials should not have second jobs because it threatens the ‘integrity and impartiality’ of the civil service as he ordered a crackdown on mandarins with ‘problematic’ external paid roles amid the David Cameron lobbying scandal. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case, formerly private secretary to the Duke of Cambridge, yesterday … Read more
Social media firms are failing to tackle anti-vaxxer myths despite promising a crackdown, experts claim Facebook, Twitter and Google pledged to tackle vaccine disinformation – and take down content more quickly – after pressure from Government last year Experts claim many anti-vaxxer accounts remain on the sites and are exploiting the latest questions over side … Read more
Joe Biden’s tax crackdown on tech giants: Firms face tougher measures under global plan by US President, leaked papers show Tech giants and multinational firms face a tax clampdown under a global deal Biden plans to force companies to pay more tax in the countries they operate in The move is touted as a major … Read more
Joe Biden’s tax crackdown on tech giants: Firms face tougher measures under global plan by US President, leaked papers show Tech giants and multinational firms face a tax clampdown under a global deal Biden plans to force companies to pay more tax in the countries they operate in The move is touted as a major … Read more
President Joe Biden on Thursday described mass shootings in America as a ‘public health crisis’ and declared ‘no amendment to the constitution is absolute’ as he unveiled a series of executive orders designed to curb gun violence. He started off on the defensive, declaring he was not trying to impinge on the Second Amendment, an … Read more
More migrants have arrived on the Kent coast by boat, just one day after Priti Patel announced a new crackdown on the cross-Channel people trafficking trade. The Home Secretary announced yesterday that illegal migrants ‘should and could’ make claims in the European countries they pass through on their way to Britain, rather than the UK … Read more