Bank of England should lead the world by developing its own cryptocurrency, urges former WorldPay boss By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 25 February 2021 The Bank of England should steal a march on the rest of the world and develop a crypto-currency, a … Read more
The Chancellor should use next week’s Budget to simplify the Isa system and scrap the trend of having one for ‘almost every day of the week’, savings industry experts have said. Figures including Andy Bell, chief executive of DIY investment platform AJ Bell, and former pensions minister Baroness Altmann, told This is Money the tax-free … Read more
Get workers back in the office to save struggling town and city centres, PM urged By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:17 GMT, 23 February 2021 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 23 February 2021 Boris Johnson has come under pressure to get workers back to the office and save struggling town and city centres. … Read more
No10 has been urged to pick up the pace of its Covid vaccination drive because the number of doses dished out each day has dipped to below 400,000 for the first time since January. Department of Health statistics show 371,052 jabs were administered each day, on average, last week. For comparison, it almost reached 450,000 … Read more
Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning of March The … Read more
Boris Johnson is urged to scrap the ban on care home visits by March to give a ray of hope to the elderly who have been cut off from their loved ones during the pandemic Six charities have banded together to urge Boris Johnson to allow visits to care homes by relatives from the beginning … Read more
Anti-lockdown Tories have piled further pressure on Boris Johnson to lift restrictions, telling him experts say the numbers don’t justify keeping Britain closed until July. The Prime Minister has vowed to use ‘data not dates’ when deciding how and when to end the measures in place to control the spread of coronavirus, but is facing … Read more
Anti-lockdown Tories have piled further pressure on Boris Johnson to lift restrictions, telling him experts say the numbers don’t justify keeping Britain closed until July. The Prime Minister has vowed to use ‘data not dates’ when deciding how and when to end the measures in place to control the spread of coronavirus, but is facing … Read more
No10 was today urged to expand the rollout of Covid vaccines to include all over-50s as soon as there are enough supplies to avoid bottlenecks as the country moves through the priority list. NHS England’s vaccine drive moved into its second phase yesterday, with over-65s and at-risk adults now being invited to get jabs. But … Read more
Newly unearthed letter from Admiral Horatio Nelson to his mistress Lady Emma Hamilton in 1801 reveals how he urged her to give their baby daughter the recently developed smallpox vaccine Admiral Horatio Nelson’s letter urges mistress to get their daughter vaccinated Letter from 1801 supports the Jenner’s smallpox cure when many were sceptical Edward Jenner … Read more