Electioneering isn’t going to help bring down Britons’ energy bills October 16, 2023 Party conference season is over, but it looks like Labour and Conservative are set to stay on a campaign footing until the next election.
MG motors tops £1bn UK sales as affordable EVs popular with Brits October 15, 2023 The Chinese-owned car brand MG Motors reportedly made over £1bn in UK sales last year as drivers were drawn to its affordable electric cars. MG’s revenues rose 122 per cent to just over £1bn attributing the rise to “impressive sales” of its EVs in 2022, according to a news report in the Times. Pre-tax profits [...]
Onshore wind set for revival as backbench pressure weighs on Government November 28, 2022 The seven year de-facto ban on new onshore wind projects could finally be lifted, after Grant Shapps hinted at a possible U-turn.
At least seven Met Police officers caught up in election gambling investigation June 27, 2024 At least seven Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated over bets on the timing of the General Election.
Former Tory attorney general calls for Johnson to resign over Gray report May 30, 2022 A former Conservative attorney-general has called for Boris Johnson to resign over the findings of Sue Gray’s report into the partygate scandal. The Kenilworth and Southam MP, who served as the government’s chief legal adviser under David Cameron and Theresa May, today said Downing Street’s pattern of brazen Covid rule breaking has “done real and [...]
Tugendhat confirms UK will ban Chinese Confucius Institutes at universities November 1, 2022 The government is set to ban Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes from British universities, Home Office minister Tom Tugendhat has said. Tugendhat told MPs today that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to fulfill his leadership campaign pledge to ban the institutes, which are educational organisations that allegedly suppress criticism of the Chinese Communist Party. Sunak said during [...]
April GDP figures show scale of the challenge if Starmer wins the election June 12, 2024 Philip Shaw, chief UK economist at Investec, said "April’s numbers represent a blip in the recovery story rather than the start of a new downturn".
Letters: Political turmoil must be swift July 11, 2022 [Re: Them’s the breaks’: Defiant Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister, yesterday] The uncertainty around who will replace the prime minister goes hand in hand with the uncertainty facing British businesses, including rising startups. The government’s disruption is self-inflicted, but the disruption caused to Britain’s early-stage funding market has been entirely inflicted upon startups. The [...]
Oxford Street retailers call for ‘comprehensive’ reform to business rates June 10, 2024 A business group that represents dozens of major retailers on London’s Oxford Street has called for a “comprehensive” reform to business rates to boost Britain's high streets.
Tech start-ups tell No10 they will lose £1b if rebate cuts go ahead December 15, 2022 A number of UK based start-ups have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, requesting that he rethink the slashed rebates for small and medium businesses. The government’s Autumn statement has limited the tax credits available to mid level companies in a bid to increase rebates available to larger businesses. According to tech start-ups this will [...]