Billionaire Brexiteer Jim Ratcliffe - the boss of Ineos Automotive - is considering scrapping plans to build a car plant in Wales, and is reportedly looking to buy a factory in France instead.
Simon Case was temporarily appointed as permanent secretary in Number 10 in May, at the height of the Covid-19 crisis, in an attempt to bring some stability to the government’s chaotic response to the pandemic.
Instagram stars like former Love Island star Shaughna Phillips were paid an undisclosed amount to create content touting the system during lockdown, as part of a wider campaign to inform the public about the programme.
Kate Green, the shadow education secretary, said students starting Year 11 and 13 in September had been left with “a mountain to climb” unless the timetable is changed, after missing months of schooling.
The Treasury could raise £20 billion through extra taxes in an attempt to tackle the cost of coronavirus, it has been reported - but the prospect of such large tax spikes prompted concern from a number of Tory MPs.
This is the weather forecast for London today.
If Covid19 can indeed be cured by tonic water as claimed, let’s hope there’s also a cure for stupid.
One person was fatally shot in Portland as a large caravan of Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets.
Abbott is being tipped to advise Britain - his birthplace - on how to seize trade opportunities after Brexit, with the Sun reporting that the socially conservative ex-PM is set to become the UK’s “new trade deal supremo”.