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Boris Johnson’s government is all over the place on industrial policy. The capacity for indecision, obfuscation and zig-zags seen in the pandemic is just as pronounced when it comes to energy and technology. The retreat of Hitachi from a new nuclear plant at Wylfa in Anglesey, and continuing prevarication over EDF’s plans for a super-reactor … Read more
Justice Secretary Robert Buckland today repeatedly dodged questions over whether he will resign if the Government goes ahead with its plans to break international law over Brexit. Mr Buckland, who as Lord Chancellor has taken an oath to protect the rule of law, said Boris Johnson’s proposals to tear up parts of the EU divorce … Read more
Heathrow’s chief executive has warned that the Government’s Covid quarantine policy is ‘strangling’ the UK economy and costing jobs ‘every day’. The west London airport registered an 82 per cent fall in passenger numbers in August compared to last year, as it repeats its call for Boris Johnson to introduce testing as an alternative to … Read more
There was more gloom for the FTSE 250 as the Government’s ‘rule of six’ policy sent investors fleeing from pub, leisure and travel stocks. The mid-cap index fell for a second day as traders digested the news that crowds of more than six people meeting will be banned in England from Monday, to slow the … Read more
Couple who bought ‘Covid-proof’ wedding insurance worth £10,000 reveal how they were told their policy was worthless when they tried to claim after their big day was cancelled Lidia Szmid, 30, and Adam Burton, 32, were due to tie the knot on April 4th Couple were careful to buy insurance that referenced the coronavirus … Read more
Facebook is accused of trying to influence Government policies by poaching Whitehall officials who have worked in online regulation with big money jobs The social media giant has reportedly poached 10 former officials recently It is facing questions over issues including online hate and the tax it pays MP Damian Collins: ‘They are doing this … Read more
Monday Tim Scott, South Carolina senator Steve Scalise, House Republican Whip and Louisiana representative who was shot during a congressional baseball game practice in June 2017 Matt Gaetz, Florida representative Jim Jordan, Ohio representative Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Ronna McDaniel Georgia, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Vernon Jones, Georgia state representative … Read more
TikTok has removed more than 380,000 videos in the United States for violating its hate speech policy so far this year, the short-form video app said on Thursday. The app, owned by China’s ByteDance, also said it banned more than 1,300 accounts for posting hateful content. TikTok said in a blog post that it had … Read more
Kurt Cobain’s signed insurance policy for his home in Seattle where he died in 1994 is being auctioned off and ‘could go for as much as $100K’ A home insurance policy signed by Kurt Cobain is going under the hammer Goldin Auctions have obtained the Chase Bank insurance company letter It is an insurance letter … Read more
Insurer launches pay as you go policy for young drivers who struggle to foot the bill for car insurance The ‘flow’ policy by insurer LV= charges a fixed price for the first month Then a guaranteed maximum charge that will be levied for the next three months It is an online-only offer that can be … Read more