Morrisons sales soar in post-Covid bounce

Morrisons sales soar in post-Covid bounce: Britons rush to buy fuel and lunchtime snacks as restrictions ease By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 11 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 11 May 2021 Shoppers are in the mood to ‘spend, spend, spend’ as Britain recovers from the pandemic and lockdown restrictions … Read more

Ministers ‘must be filmed reading the Queen’s speech’ to stop leaks of post-Covid plans

Ministers WON’T get a copy of the Queen’s Speech and will ‘be filmed reading it remotely’ to stop leak of post-Covid plans amid claims the Government DOES know who ‘chatty rat’ lockdown leaker is but ‘can’t prove it’ Cabinet ministers ordered to read the speech while being recorded remotely  They will not be allowed to … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Resist new taxes to keep post-Covid boosters burning

ALEX BRUMMER: As Covid spending retreats, calls for new taxes, beyond those in Budget, should be resisted – that would keep boosters burning The dreadful state of the public finances and the coiled spring of economic activity are two sides of the same coin  Had Rishi Sunak not bolstered the UK economy through Covid then … Read more

Global carbon emissions may see ‘second-biggest’ increase in history as post-Covid industry resumes

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are expected to swell this year by the second-highest increase in history, as manufacturing and shipping resume in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The projected spike of nearly five percent will largely reverse the small dip registered during last year’s lockdowns, according to a new findings from the International Energy … Read more

Johnson, Merkel and Macron, among others, declare world needs a post-Covid treaty

Boris Johnson and other world leaders have called for a global treaty in response to Covid – similar to that agreed after the Second World War. In the face of vaccine nationalism and clashes between countries, the Prime Minister, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel – among others – warned against isolationism. … Read more

Johnson, Merkel and Macron, among others, declare world needs a post-Covid treaty

Boris Johnson and other world leaders have called for a global treaty in response to Covid – similar to that agreed after the Second World War. In the face of vaccine nationalism and clashes between countries, the Prime Minister, French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel – among others – warned against isolationism. … Read more

Rishi Sunak hopes £180bn consumer boom will aid UK’s post-Covid economic recovery

Rishi Sunak today stoked hopes a £180billion consumer boom will fuel the UK’s recovery – but admitted that fears of mass unemployment ‘keep me up at night’.  The Chancelllor voiced optimism that a fast bounceback will fueled by the huge savings warchest built up by those who have kept working through the pandemic. But he … Read more

Boris Johnson forced to buy a whole new wardrobe as he drops a suit size in post-Covid health kick

Slimline Boris is forced to buy a whole new wardrobe as he drops a suit size in post-Covid health kick Sources claim he has even been throwing away old clothes to motivate himself  PM, who was 16st 7 lb when he caught Covid, has already shed nearly two stone  An insider said he is ‘determined’ … Read more

Boris Johnson forced to buy a whole new wardrobe as he drops a suit size in post-Covid health kick

Slimline Boris is forced to buy a whole new wardrobe as he drops a suit size in post-Covid health kick Sources claim he has even been throwing away old clothes to motivate himself  PM, who was 16st 7 lb when he caught Covid, has already shed nearly two stone  An insider said he is ‘determined’ … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Glaxo looks to a post-Covid, post-Brexit future

Despite its amazing vaccine credentials, GlaxoSmithKline has not had a good war against Covid-19. It has been disappointing for chief executive Emma Walmsley that results from its collaboration with France’s Sanofi have fallen way behind, and it has dropped a partnership with China’s Clover. No one can accuse GSK of despairing. Along with its pre-tax … Read more