‘No time for a ‘play-it-safe Budget’: CBI urges Government to reform business rates, boost apprentices and invest in green tech By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 16 September 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 16 September 2021 The Government must reform business rates, shake up the apprenticeship system and commit to new … Read more
Boss of US private equity firm hoping to snap up Morrisons is hired to head up UK Government Investments By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 17:09 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 17:09 EDT, 2 August 2021 The partner in a major private equity firm has been appointed by the Treasury … Read more
Government watchdog calls for review of the use of foreign CCTV technology in Whitehall after a video of Matt Hancock clinch with Gina Coladangelo was leaked Requested in letter from the Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner Fraser Sampson said ‘risks and considerations are complex and multi-faceted’ False claims blamed leak of Hancock clip on hostile … Read more
The Government has unveiled 100 immediate pledges to improve the lives and opportunities of disabled people in a landmark £1.6billion strategy that has drawn muted responses from charities. A public awareness campaign to dispel ingrained stereotypes and a taskforce examining the increased costs disabled people face are being promised in the cross-department disability strategy. The Government will also consult on whether to make it mandatory for employers with 250 or … Read more
Food firms warn government plan to make them pay for litter picking and waste disposal will increase household meal bills by £125 a year Ministers are consulting on the plan to reduce litter and increase recycling Firms would have to pay for cost of disposing the packaging they produce Food and Drink Federation claimed the … Read more
Government to cut down its £12bn stake in Natwest as it bids to free up money to cope with the pandemic By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:03 EDT, 22 July 2021 | Updated: 17:15 EDT, 22 July 2021 The Treasury still owns a 54.7 per cent stake in Natwest following its £46bn … Read more
‘Critical workers’ will be exempt from pingdemic: Government announces 16 sectors from transport to police and food suppliers where key staff WON’T have to isolate – but ignores business pleas that app is crippling recovery By Katie Weston For Mailonline Published: 16:12 EDT, 22 July 2021 | Updated: 16:18 EDT, 22 July 2021 The Government … Read more
Matt Hancock facing investigation over use of personal email to conduct government business Hancock is believed to have routinely used a private Gmail account for work Ministers should use official email accounts in the interest of transparency The former Health Secretary’s use of a Gmail account for government business was addressed in minutes of a … Read more
Born in Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast in 1804, John Gould was brought up in Surrey and later Windsor, where his father was a gardener at the monarch’s castle. Gould taught himself taxidermy – the practice of preserving an animal’s body by stuffing or mounting – from an early age. In 1824, he moved … Read more
Born in Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast in 1804, John Gould was brought up in Surrey and later Windsor, where his father was a gardener at the monarch’s castle. Gould taught himself taxidermy – the practice of preserving an animal’s body by stuffing or mounting – from an early age. In 1824, he moved … Read more