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Sajid Javid forced to admit Tories cut 21K police officers

After a year of rocketing record knife crime and with homicides at a ten year high, the Home Secretary was forced to admit that the Conservatives had cut police officers by 21,000 across England and Wales. “I recognise that and I also recognise that we need to put more resources into policing,” said the Home Secretary in a car crash BBC interview with Andrew Marr. He insisted that he had “announced a few weeks ago the biggest cash increase in...

Nearly 30 years-worth of Britain’s net EU budgetary contribution has just been lost in one click

Nearly 30 years-worth of Britain’s net EU budgetary contribution was lost in one click this week after Barclays announced it is to move €190 billion (£166 billion) worth of assets from the UK to Ireland in preparation for a possible no-deal Brexit. The bank said it "cannot wait any longer" to implement its Brexit contingency plan, which was approved by the high court on Wednesday. Assets linked to around 5,000 clients will be moved to a Dublin-based unit, which is expected...

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