Government readies to name and shame rogue landlords on social media March 29, 2022 The government is preparing to name and shame landlords on social media for breaching housing regulations. Under draft legislation published on Tuesday, social housing landlords who do not offer adequate homes will be made examples of on the gov.uk website and its social media channels. Dodgy landlords will be identified if they fail to meet [...]
MPs call for government crack down on Chinese CCTV surveillance from Hikvision and Dahua July 4, 2022 MPs have called on the government to ban sale and operation of widely-used CCTV brands linked to human rights abuses in China.
Kellogg’s loses court battle against government over sugary cereal promotion rules July 4, 2022 Cereal giant Kellogg’s has lost its court case against the government’s new rules on the promotion of sugary foods in supermarkets. Kellogg’s had argued the government’s formula does not take into account the nutritional benefits of milk, which is typically consumed with cereal at breakfast. However, a ruling at the Royal Courts of Justice sided [...]
UK government drops audit reform from Queen’s Speech agenda April 30, 2022 The UK government is expected to announce further delays to its shakeup of the audit sector, after dropping a draft bill on audit reform from the Queen’s Speech. A draft bill to introduce a raft of measures aimed at reforming the UK’s audit industry, including by replacing the UK’s audit watchdog with a new more [...]
Bain & Co weighs up legal action against UK government over contract ban August 5, 2022 Bain & Co is considering taking legal action against the UK government after Britain banned the US consultancy from competing for contracts over its role in alleged “state capture and corruption by the South African government”. The US consultancy is considering “all options” including launching a judicial review, in a bid to overturn the UK [...]
Senior Labour MP calls on government to give £2.5bn from Chelsea sale to Ukraine September 6, 2022 A senior Labour MP has hit out at the government for its delay in handing over billions of pounds to Ukraine, after the sale of Chelsea FC in May. Around £2.5bn made from the sale of the Premier League club still sits in the frozen Barclays bank account of ex-Chelsea owner, and sanctioned Russian oligarch, [...]
Government doubles support for high energy businesses as energy crisis deepens April 29, 2022 The government is boosting support for high energy usage businesses, amid spiralling energy costs and record power prices.
MPs urge government for more funding to tackle fraud and economic crime April 28, 2022 The government must pump more money into tackling economic crime amid an “alarming” increase in instances of fraud, according to Westminster’s Treasury Select Committee. A new report from MPs on the committee also called for the government to entrust a single body with policing economic crime and one Whitehall department with responsibility for the area. [...]
UK government announces crackdown on crypto advertising January 18, 2022 The government has announced plans to toughen up rules on crypto advertising amid concerns the public is at risk from misleading ads.
From Poll Tax to tampons and 10p rates: Historic U-turns that left governments red faced October 4, 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng was forced into a U-turn on plans to scrap the 45p tax rate yesterday, just ten days after announcing the proposal in his ‘mini-budget’. While undoubtedly embarrassing for the new Chancellor, he is by no means alone in having to rapidly rethink big Budget announcements. City A.M. caught up with AJ Bell head [...]