Budget Spring 2021: Cost of pandemic will be paid back by ‘many governments over many decades’

The colossal economic damage inflicted during the pandemic will have to be paid back by ‘many governments, over many decades’, Rishi Sunak has admitted.   In an hour-long statement to the Commons, the Chancellor yesterday revealed that the Government has borrowed a record £355billion this year – which at 17 per cent of UK national income … Read more

Budget Spring 2021: Cost of pandemic will be paid back by ‘many governments over many decades’

The colossal economic damage inflicted during the pandemic will have to be paid back by ‘many governments, over many decades’, Rishi Sunak has admitted.   In an hour-long statement to the Commons, the Chancellor yesterday revealed that the Government has borrowed a record £355billion this year – which at 17 per cent of UK national income … Read more

Germany, France and Sweden blame EU and governments for vaccine shambles

Angela Merkel’s health minister today called on German regulators to approve the AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s as a poll showed EU citizens giving a damning verdict on the bloc’s stuttering jab programme.   German officials have so far limited the Oxford jab to under-65s, and even they have been reluctant to take it after top officials … Read more

Premier League clubs fuming over the Government’s ‘illogical’ new quarantine rules

Premier League clubs are fuming over the Government’s ‘illogical’ new quarantine rules after being told players that travel overseas for European or international games MUST self-isolate for 10 days – despite being able to train and play matches The Government introduced new quarantine rules for players travelling abroad Players who go overseas for European or … Read more

Premier League clubs fuming over the Government’s ‘illogical’ new quarantine rules

Premier League clubs are fuming over the Government’s ‘illogical’ new quarantine rules after being told players that travel overseas for European or international games MUST self-isolate for 10 days – despite being able to train and play matches The Government introduced new quarantine rules for players travelling abroad Players who go overseas for European or … Read more

Peter Mandelson assures critics of Beijing Government’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’

Labour peer Peter Mandelson assured Chinese PM that critics of Beijing’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’ during lobbying meeting for rich clients Mendelson told business leaders and officials critics would be ‘proved wrong’  Assured Premier Li Keqiang ‘wouldn’t be hearing complaints from European side’ He has been advising Labour party leader Sir Kier … Read more

Peter Mandelson assures critics of Beijing Government’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’

Labour peer Peter Mandelson assured Chinese PM that critics of Beijing’s human rights record would be ‘proved wrong’ during lobbying meeting for rich clients Mendelson told business leaders and officials critics would be ‘proved wrong’  Assured Premier Li Keqiang ‘wouldn’t be hearing complaints from European side’ He has been advising Labour party leader Sir Kier … Read more

Facebook news ban: Australian PM says ‘tech giants think they’re bigger than governments’

Facebook has blocked Australians from accessing and sharing news in protest at a new law which would have forced the site to pay for the content it hosts. Furious Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the move shows big tech companies ‘think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them’. … Read more

Facebook news ban: Australian PM says ‘tech giants think they’re bigger than governments’

Facebook has blocked Australians from accessing and sharing news in protest at a new law which would have forced the site to pay for the content it hosts. Furious Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the move shows big tech companies ‘think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them’. … Read more

Frontline nurses in danger of ‘slipping through the net’ of the Government’s vaccine drive

Tens of thousands nurses have yet to receive a Covid jab, despite the Government aiming to have vaccinated all frontline health staff by next week.  Some 15 per cent of nurses across the country have yet to be given a single dose of the coronavirus vaccine, a poll by the Royal College of Nurses found. … Read more