Fears over a New Year lockdown were fuelled today as scientists revealed the R rate has spiked above the crucial level of one again – and Boris Johnson warned that the country has to recognise the ‘reality’ of the coronavirus threat. The latest SAGE estimate for the reproduction rate – the average number of others … Read more
Fears over a New Year lockdown were fuelled today as scientists revealed the R rate has spiked above the crucial level of one again – and Boris Johnson warned that the country has to recognise the ‘reality’ of the coronavirus threat. The latest SAGE estimate for the reproduction rate – the average number of others … Read more
Tasers were used by police in 32,000 incidents last year, rocketing by more than a third on the year before. In the year to March, the stun guns were deployed 88 times a day on average in England and Wales, Home Office figures reveal – up 36.7 per cent from 23,451 deployments the previous year. … Read more
Tasers were used by police in 32,000 incidents last year, rocketing by more than a third on the year before. In the year to March, the stun guns were deployed 88 times a day on average in England and Wales, Home Office figures reveal – up 36.7 per cent from 23,451 deployments the previous year. … Read more
Fans of the steamy BBC dealing room drama Industry will be less than impressed at the flimsy evidence on which multi-million-pound trades on foreign exchange markets are made. A combination of guile, instinct and, occasionally, hard data drives trends. Currency dealers may have little more direct insight as to what is going on in the … Read more
Number of public sector workers earning more than £150,000 rises by 6% in a year amid coronavirus meltdown with HS2 chief top on £620,000 package The government has released its updated list of public sector ‘high earners’ It shows some 552 workers were paid more than £150,000 as of last September HS2 chief Mark Thurston … Read more
London shares hit a nine-month high as FTSE 100 rises by 0.9% or 60 points to 6,550 amid hopes coronavirus vaccine will help business bounce back (but will there be a ‘Santa Rally’?) FTSE 100 rose by nearly 1 per cent to its highest level since March 5 yesterday The rise took gains since the … Read more
London shares hit a nine-month high as FTSE 100 rises by 0.9% or 60 points to 6,550 amid hopes coronavirus vaccine will help business bounce back (but will there be a ‘Santa Rally’?) FTSE 100 rose by nearly 1 per cent to its highest level since March 5 yesterday The rise took gains since the … Read more
Rapid economic recovery next year could allow Rishi Sunak to delay tax rises until 2022, ministers hope Chancellor Rishi Sunak refused to commit to the Tories’ triple tax lock Senior Treasury ministers are waiting until the end of the coronavirus pandemic A source told The Telegraph tax rises would not come any time soon Mr … Read more
Rapid economic recovery next year could allow Rishi Sunak to delay tax rises until 2022, ministers hope Chancellor Rishi Sunak refused to commit to the Tories’ triple tax lock Senior Treasury ministers are waiting until the end of the coronavirus pandemic A source told The Telegraph tax rises would not come any time soon Mr … Read more