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Rishi Sunak’s old boss at Goldman Sachs ‘is in the running’ to become £160,000-a-year BBC chairman Richard Sharp believed to be applying for the prestigious role at the corporation The multi-millionaire Tory donor worked with the Chancellor at banking giant It comes as George Osborne has pulled out of the race for the high-profile role … Read more
Rishi Sunak will today launch a new rescue package to help firms hit by Covid restrictions retain their staff. The Chancellor will update MPs this morning on a package of support set to cost hundreds of millions of pounds to help firms in sectors such as hospitality, which have been badly hit by new restrictions … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s former boss Christopher Hohn becomes world’s best-paid hedge fund tycoon after pocketing £1.4billion in a year Sir Christopher Hohn has become the world’s best-paid hedge fund tycoon He made cash betting on firms such as Microsoft and Google’s parent company The secretive Surrey-born financier made the equivalent of £3.8million a day By James Salmon … Read more
Andy Burnham has called on MPs to ‘reject’ Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout programme because it will lead to ‘severe redundancies’ across the North of England Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham today called on MPs to ‘reject’ Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout programme because it will lead to ‘severe redundancies’ across the North of England. The … Read more
The Mayor of Liverpool has slammed ‘Saint’ Rishi Sunak’s new furlough scheme as ‘not generous’ and accused him of treating the North of England with ‘disdain’. Under furlough mark two, workers can claim two-thirds of their wages up to £2,100 from the UK Government if coronavirus restrictions require their employers to pull down the shutters. … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Sunak has done more to support the economy than anybody rightfully could have expected By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 9 October 2020 The sub-octane growth data for August underline how vulnerable the UK still is to the pandemic. The economy has … Read more
Hard-hit workers have been told to retrain into jobs they’re already doing after filling out the Government’s online ‘skills assessment’ questionaire – as the nation continued to mock the five-minute quiz today. A woman in her 50s was told to retrain as a stunt double, prompting her to joke ‘I could be a stunt double … Read more
Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel-Horwood has slammed Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s suggestion that those working in the arts and entertainment should retrain. Speaking on FUBAR Radio, Craig, 55, hit back at what he called the ‘ludicrous’ remarks made on Tuesday by Sunak, who said people should be prepared to retrain to work in other jobs … Read more
Rishi Sunak has come under fire for an awkward party conference speech beset by technical problems this morning, with his eyes ‘darting back and forth’ as he tried to read the auto-cue. The Chancellor’s speech cut out shortly after it began and he struggled to read off a teleprompter that appeared to have been put … Read more
Rishi Sunak’s deputy denies Covid rift between his boss and Boris Johnson after Chancellor said ‘our lives can no longer be put on hold’ Treasury Chief Sec. Stephen Barclay insisted both men were working ‘in tandem’ Mr Sunak yesterday said the nation needed to learn to ‘live without fear’ Mr Johnson’s noticeable absence from Commons … Read more