Thousands of music fans flooded Liverpool’s Sefton Park to attend the UK’s first post-lockdown gig headlined by indie band Blossoms. In total 5,000 fans have been permitted to attend the gig and are not required to wear masks or socially distance during the event. The line-up includes Blossoms, The Lathums and Liverpool singer-songwriter Zuzu and … Read more
Thought Boris Johnson is the only senior government member whose mobile has been freely available on the web? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ numbers were on the internet too Boris Johnson’s personal mobile number has been available online for years Mr Johnson’s number was contained at end of a 2006 think-tank … Read more
Thought Boris Johnson is the only senior government member whose mobile has been freely available on the web? Justice Secretary Robert Buckland and Transport Secretary Grant Shapps’ numbers were on the internet too Boris Johnson’s personal mobile number has been available online for years Mr Johnson’s number was contained at end of a 2006 think-tank … Read more
The UN’s family planning programme says it faces ‘devastating’ cuts in the amount of money it receives from the UK after the government reduced it’s aid budget. The Government aims to cut about 85 per cent in aid to a United Nations family planning programme in the world’s poorest nations, the UN has said. An … Read more
The government has launched its first TV advert urging people aged 50 and under to get their Covid-19 vaccine. The ad showcases the health workers and volunteers involved in the rollout across the UK, as well as some of the millions of people who have already had their jab. The campaign – called ‘every vaccination … Read more
Dominic Cummings ‘has audio recordings of key government conversations’ and ‘can back up a lot of his claims’, ally of the former chief adviser says Dominic Cummings kept audio recordings of key conversations, an ally claims Former chief adviser is locked in an explosive war of words with Boris Johnson Whitehall source said officials did … Read more
Government plans a £150m Grand Designs-style revolution by giving low-cost loans to those looking to build or customise their own homes Help to Build scheme is designed to make building or customising homes a realistic option for Britons to get on housing ladder via low-deposit mortgages It follows Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers, … Read more
Government plans a £150m Grand Designs-style revolution by giving low-cost loans to those looking to build or customise their own homes Help to Build scheme is designed to make building or customising homes a realistic option for Britons to get on housing ladder via low-deposit mortgages It follows Help to Buy scheme for first-time buyers, … Read more
Sir Keir Starmer and Mark Drakeford have visited a brewery in Wales ahead of the Senedd elections – despite the government still banning pubs from reopening. Welsh Labour is promising new jobs and major investment for the region including a medical school for Bangor and a new national park. Sir Keir, thrown out of a … Read more
A firm linked to a Conservative minister was handed more than £1million of contracts during the Covid pandemic by a Government-owned company, the Daily Mail can reveal. Recruitment company SThree was handed the contracts while still counting Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi as a shareholder. The multi-millionaire vaccines minister was a non-executive director at the publicly … Read more