An investigation into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament over partygate will be delayed after a hold up with evidence from Downing Street. The former prime minister has faced accusations he made false statements at the despatch box about the lockdown gatherings, including when he told MPs “all guidance was followed in Number 10”. After a
Month: November 2022
Jeremy Hunt has said neither he nor a member of the Treasury ‘set hares running’ as the source behind a story about the government considering a Swiss-style Brexit deal. Discussing the Sunday Times story suggesting the government favours a Swiss-style arrangement, the chancellor told the Commons Treasury Select Committee that he is “not the source
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters As industry-wide layoffs hit bigger tech names, some Google workers worry they’re next. While Google has so far avoided the widespread job cuts that have hit tech companies, particularly those
The government has “learned nothing” from the avoidable deaths of 31 people in the English Channel, charities have said on the anniversary of the tragedy. On 24 November, 2021, a rubber dinghy with 34 people packed on board sank as they tried to make the dangerous journey to the UK from France. The catastrophe – the
Matt Hancock breached the government’s rules on post-ministerial jobs by not consulting parliament’s anti-corruption watchdog before appearing on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, the body’s Tory chairman has said. In a letter to Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden, Lord Pickles said: “I am writing to you in my capacity as chair of
8:00 AM ET This is the week in which we all give thanks for family, friends, good health and great food. Or, if you’re an NHL franchise, for residing in a Stanley Cup playoffs seed at the quarter mark of the season, because that usually means you’ll still be in one when the postseason begins.
Royal Mail says it has delivered a “best and final” offer to the union representing its frontline workers, in a bid to avert a 48-hour strike to begin on Thursday and covering the Black Friday shopping spree. The company, which claimed earlier this month that a series of walkouts in a row over pay and
Royal Mail workers are beginning a 48-hour strike that the retail sector warns could cripple the Black Friday discount shopping season. The strike action is being taken nationwide by 115,000 staff who are represented by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). It is the latest stoppage in a long-running, and increasingly bitter, dispute over pay and
Drake has pledged $100m (£84m) of his fortune to support the reboot of an art carnival which featured work by Keith Haring, David Hockney and Roy Lichtenstein in 1987. Luna Luna was an open-air museum and amusement park which opened to visitors in Hamburg, Germany from 4 June to 31 August 1987. Austrian artist André
Musician Wilko Johnson has died aged 75, a statement on official social media accounts has confirmed. The guitarist and songwriter was a member of rock band Dr Feelgood in the 1970s, joined Ian Dury’s band The Blockheads in the 1980s, and also had a successful career with his own group The Wilko Johnson Band. After
Students in England have been skipping meals, attending lectures remotely and taking on more debt in a bid to cope with the rising cost of living, new data shows. The Office for National Statistics found the rate students at English universities are being impacted by the crisis is similar to that of other adults across
Jennifer Lopez has wiped her whole Instagram account and replaced her profile picture on all of her social media with a black image. The award-winning singer and actress’s 226 million followers on Instagram would have become accustomed to her sharing content from both her personal and professional life. Earlier this week the star, 53, posted
Pay growth has only kept up with inflation in one industry, official figures show. According to data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS), regular wages – wages excluding bonuses – have only risen as fast as prices in the professional and scientific industry. Jobs in the sector include legal services, management, engineering and scientific
This is a major blow for Nicola Sturgeon’s ambition to hold a second independence vote next October. It almost certainly rules out that plan. But it’s not entirely surprising as the first minister’s own top law officer wasn’t fully convinced of the legal basis for Holyrood legislating for a referendum against Westminster’s approval. That is
The news that Manchester United’s controversial owners, the Glazer family, could finally be selling the club has been met with delight from many of their supporters. After saddling the club with huge debt and overseeing United’s worst trophy drought in 40 years, Sky News exclusively revealed the American owners are considering selling up after a
Tampax is facing a potential boycott after it was accused of “sexualising women” in a controversial tweet that ended up going viral. In a spin-off of a popular internet meme, the US arm of the tampon brand wrote: “You’re in their DMs. We’re in them. We are not the same.” The meme features the lines
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