Johnson rebukes police over treatment of women… “The police’s failure to take violence against women and girls seriously enough is “infuriating”, Boris Johnson has said in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder. In an interview with The Times, Johnson said that the public are right to feel the police are failing women and girls who […]
Starmer challenges critics as he ‘decisively moves Labour to centre’ “Sir Keir Starmer has decisively moved Labour back to the political centre once occupied by Tony Blair, challenging leftwing hecklers at his party’s conference to choose between “shouting slogans or changing lives”. Starmer took on his critics during a 90-minute speech in which he trashed […]
Fuel crisis 1) Disruption at petrol pumps could last for a month – as Johnson urges people to behave “in a normal way” “Petrol stations will face disruption for up to a month even if people stop panic buying, industry figures have warned, despite “tentative” signs that the situation is starting to improve. Boris Johnson […]
Fuel crisis threatens to hit health services and industry “UK medical workers and transport companies on Monday warned the fuel crisis threatened major disruption to essential services and industry as they demanded priority access to petrol and diesel following panic buying. The scale of the crisis, with the majority of the UK’s 8,000 petrol stations […]
Kwarteng suspends competition law to get fuel to petrol stations after panic buying “Britain’s petrol crisis has deepened, forcing ministers to suspend competition law to help oil companies to target petrol stations running dry, after days of panic buying. After a meeting with oil companies and retailers on Sunday, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng agreed to […]
Johnson demands pay rise for lorry drivers… “Boris Johnson has warned firms to increase lorry drivers’ wages, as ministers urged 40,000 retired HGV licence holders to return to work to help refill petrol stations and deliver supplies to supermarkets. A senior government source said that a temporary relaxation of rules allowing more EU workers to […]
Johnson scrambles to U-turn on foreign lorry drivers as shortages and inflation begin to hit home “Boris Johnson is set to U-turn on visas for lorry drivers to allow 5,000 foreign hauliers into the UK after panic-buying gridlocked petrol stations across the country. Motorists ignored Government pleas for calm as they jammed roads to buy […]
Don’t panic, urges No 10 after BP cuts fuel delivery “Boris Johnson has urged people not to panic buy after BP was forced to ration fuel deliveries and ministers considered contingency plans to put soldiers on standby to drive petrol tankers. BP is restricting deliveries to dozens of petrol stations because of a shortage of lorry […]
Spend more to save planet, Johnson tells world leaders… “Humans have an “awesome power to save ourselves”, Boris Johnson told world leaders last night, urging them to spend more on combating climate change. After a three-day diplomatic tour of America that concentrated on making a success of the Cop 26 climate summit he is hosting in Glasgow […]
Ministers plan legal action to stop Insulate Britain disrupting motorways “Priti Patel and Grant Shapps are seeking a court injunction to stop environmental protesters from targeting major motorways after five days of tailbacks and damaging headlines for the government. The home secretary and the transport secretary have asked National Highways and the Government Legal Service to […]
Dozens of energy firms ‘will be left to collapse’ “Millions of households face higher gas and electricity prices after the government said that it would not bail out energy companies on the brink of going into administration. Kwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, said that there was “absolutely no question of the lights going out” but insisted […]
Energy price rises: taxpayers face bill for propping up suppliers “Taxpayers face a multibillion-pound bill to help energy companies cope with the fallout from rising gas prices under plans being considered by ministers. The government is in talks with the industry over how to deal with the predicted collapse of dozens of small suppliers as […]
Gove makes Cabinet power grab with ‘colossus of a department’ “Michael Gove has dramatically expanded his Whitehall empire, emerging as the biggest winner of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle. The full scale of the former Cabinet Office minister’s new domain became clear on Saturday night as Downing Street announced the appointment of Andy Haldane, the former Bank […]
Gas price rises “could disrupt food supply chain” “Russia has been accused of increasing gas prices in a bid to undermine Britain and the EU’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Gazprom, Russia’s state-owned energy corporation, is facing an investigation into a spike in the cost of natural gas and a knock-on effect that threatens […]
May gives warning over defence pact with the US and Australia “Boris Johnson was challenged yesterday over fears that a new defence pact could lead to Britain being dragged into war with China. Theresa May asked the prime minister in the Commons about the “implications” of the partnership in the event of a Chinese invasion of […]