Celebrity eco-designer who inspired Carrie’s Downing Street revamp

Her mission to overhaul Downing Street – in both interior design and inner circle – has seen Carrie Symonds likened to Madame de Pompadour and Marie Antoinette.   Like the mistress of King Louis XV and Queen of France before her, the Prime Minister’s fiancée has become known for her bohemian sartorial sense, love affair for opulence … Read more

Ex-standards chief blasts Boris’s ‘quite inappropriate’ plan for charity to fund No10 flat revamp

Boris Johnson was blasted by a former standards tsar today over ‘quite inappropriate’ plans to launch a new charity backed by wealthy Tory donors to pay for the six-figure refurbishment of his official flat. Sir Alistair Graham, the former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, tore into a scheme said to be modelled … Read more

Ex-standards chief blasts Boris’s ‘quite inappropriate’ plan for charity to fund No10 flat revamp

Boris Johnson was blasted by a former standards tsar today over ‘quite inappropriate’ plans to launch a new charity backed by wealthy Tory donors to pay for the six-figure refurbishment of his official flat. Sir Alistair Graham, the former chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, tore into a scheme said to be modelled … Read more

Home need a revamp? We explain how to fund it with a remortgage

Home improvements are high on the agenda for UK property owners this year – which makes sense since we have been spending so much time around the house.  According to a UK study commissioned by online mortgage broker Habito, 62 per cent of homeowners want to carry out renovations this year. Of these, 37 per … Read more

Electricity taxes could be slashed in energy revamp

Green taxes on electricity could be scrapped as part of a sweeping overhaul of the energy market By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:54 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 22:42 GMT, 12 December 2020 Green taxes on electricity could be scrapped as part of a sweeping overhaul of the energy market.  Chancellor … Read more

Royal Mail boss unveils revamp to drag service into 21st Century

Keith Williams is a man of many modes of transport. The corporate veteran spent 18 years at airline British Airways – the final five as chief executive and chairman – and will in the New Year publish his long-awaited review into the rail industry.  Now he is the boss of Royal Mail – and drones … Read more

History GCSE ‘set for BLM revamp’: Pupils may learn about Nazis’ black victims and a Tudor trumpeter

The history GCSE curriculum is set for a Black Lives Matter revamp to teach pupils about the experiences of minorities at key moments in time.  An update could see pupils learn about black victims of the Nazis and a dark-skinned trumpeter who played for Henry VIII.  The Telegraph reported that exam boards have been in discussion with … Read more

History GCSE ‘set for BLM revamp’: Pupils may learn about Nazis’ black victims and a Tudor trumpeter

The history GCSE curriculum is set for a Black Lives Matter revamp to teach pupils about the experiences of minorities at key moments in time.  An update could see pupils learn about black victims of the Nazis and a dark-skinned trumpeter who played for Henry VIII.  The Telegraph reported that exam boards have been in discussion with … Read more

Queen plans huge revamp of the play area at Sandringham

Queen plans huge revamp of the play area at Sandringham by adding features inspired by landmarks around her Norfolk estate Plans for the renovation were submitted to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council Multi-level structures will include mini version of the St Mary Magdalene Church Cost of play area, which has been largely welcomed by parents, … Read more