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UK wins Irish backing for delay to Brexit port checks as Simon Coveney says he is open to extension of grace period Foreign affairs minister is open to ‘modest’ extensions of the grace period The Northern Ireland Protocol has led to delays at port and threats to staff Michael Gove wants two years before certain … Read more
Will WHO back 12-week jab gap? Plan to leave 12 weeks between Covid-19 vaccine doses will be supported by World Health Organisation, expert predicts The WHO currently recommends a maximum of six weeks between doses The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) recommendation for a longer period was initially met with criticism Britain’s four … Read more
Coronavirus vaccine passports could soon be ‘recognised’ across the EU as leaders give initial backing ahead of a summit this week. Brussels said using the passports to allow greater travel and tourism in the bloc was currently ‘premature’ but hinted that plans could be picked up in the future. EU commission vice-president Margaritis Schinas said it was … Read more
Brexit Britain wins backing of Telefonica boss Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez By Ruth Sunderland, Business Editor, For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 January 2021 One of Europe’s leading executives said he is giving a ‘vote of confidence’ to post-Brexit Britain and predicted that the economy will … Read more
Tory MPs accused Matt Hancock of playing down the Government’s vaccination ambitions yesterday, amid claims that his department has snubbed an offer by pharmacists to help the biggest vaccination drive in history – and it emerged doses of the vaccine will not be delivered to GPs on a Sunday. The Health Secretary described the prospect … Read more
Tory MPs accused Matt Hancock of playing down the Government’s vaccination ambitions yesterday. The Health Secretary described the prospect of giving the jab to the most vulnerable by mid-February as a ‘best-case scenario’. Many of his parliamentary colleagues were not reassured by his comments to them over Zoom yesterday morning. One MP who referred to … Read more
Corbyn ally John McDonnell leads Labour revolt against Keir Starmer’s decision to support Boris Johnson’s ‘rotten’ Brexit trade deal as Tory Brexiteers are ‘poised to back the accord’ before tomorrow’s crunch vote Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing Labour revolt over decision to back PM’s deal Ex-shadow chancellor John McDonnell among Labour MPs to oppose … Read more
The first in a series of articles investigating growth sectors, developing technologies and niche themes that adventurous private investors can back in their Isas – and how they might do so. It doesn’t take a genius to work out that many companies in the green energy and infrastructure sectors will thrive in the coming years. … Read more
Shareholder organisation ShareSoc backs class action that seeks justice for investors who lost money in Woodford Equity Income By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 28 November 2020 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 28 November 2020 Powerful shareholder organisation ShareSoc has given its backing to a class action being put together by law … Read more
This is an introduction to a series of articles to be published in the following weeks and months that will investigate niche sectors and future-orientated themes as opportunities for investors – and the vehicles that allow access to them. Trying to predict the future is for some the very essence of investing. Many thorough-minded investors … Read more