Arrests at US embassy after London protest for George Floyd
Eleven people have been arrested outside the US embassy in London following protests in solidarity with the demonstrations that have engulfed the United States, sparked by the death of a black man by police in Minneapolis.
Marchers took to the streets of London, Manchester and...
SAGE experts warn government is lifting lockdown too soon
The government is ploughing ahead with its plans to ease the lockdown in England despite growing concerns from its scientific advisers about the timing of the loosening of rules and restrictions.
Up to a dozen experts from the SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) committee...
New lockdown rules come with R-rate warning; UK death toll passes...
Boris Johnson has announced the further easing of lockdown rules in England where groups of up to six people will be able to meet outdoors for the first time since March - but warned the move could be reversed if the coronavirus infection rate...
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‘Drop in consumer spending largest in 5 years’
Consumer spending in the United Kingdom contracted by over a third last month as a result of retail shops shutting to reduce the impact of the coronavirus on their businesses.
Data from Barclaycard—Britain’s largest credit and debit card provider—showed that...
Economy
Britain suspends sales tax on protective equipment
The UK government is set to scrap sales tax on essential protective equipment as it seeks to help reduce the expenses of non-profit organisations such as care homes, charities,...
Economy
British Airways lays off nearly 18K employees
Flag carrier British Airways Public Limited Company is set to lay off thousands of its employees amid the huge drop in air travel demand over fears of the coronavirus...
Economy
Small businesses get 100% state-backed guarantees
The UK government is offering government-backed rescue loans to small businesses that took a beating from the global pandemic. The plan came after calls on the government to revamp its...COMMENTARY
Cummings crisis drags Johnson, party trust ratings
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party saw its lead in polls drop by a few points amid a political battle over the prime minister’s siding with his closest aide, David Cummings.
A YouGov survey for The Times published on Wednesday showed...
Downing Street
UK’s ‘test and trace system’ starts – ‘Time to move on’ pleads PM
Boris Johnson has refused to launch an inquiry into Dominic Cummings’ breach of lockdown and instead urged the country to “move on” from the story that refuses to go...
Downing Street
Dominic’s comings and goings ‘beggars belief’ – ministers rally to support PM’s SPAD
Ministers have rallied to support the prime minister’s chief advisor Dominic Cummings as “devastating new claims” emerge about a further breach of the lockdown rules. Boris Johnson’s special advisor (SPAD)...
Downing Street
PM makes U-turn on NHS surcharge for migrant health workers
Boris Johnson has bowed to pressure and will scrap the NHS surcharge for migrant healthcare workers. A Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister asked the Home Office and Department...
NHS contact tracing app – Amnesty raises privacy concerns at NI...
With the NHS contact tracing app pilot scheme well underway on the Isle of Wight, civil liberty groups remain concerned about privacy violations. Although uptake may be as low as 20 per cent, the government hopes to make the...
Beyond England
Power giants ramp up clean energy development
Energy companies in the United Kingdom are on track to invest multibillions of pounds in a bid to deliver a cleaner energy. Scottish Power for instance, said that it was...
Beyond England
England: ‘Stay alert’. Everywhere else: ‘Stay at home’
Boris Johnson has unveiled the first steps out of the coronavirus lockdown with a new slogan that had already been rejected by the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and...
Beyond England