London Home to 4,400 “Super Rich” People
London is home to a whopping 4,400 super rich people, more than any other city in the world. Data from the Wealth Insight report revealed the number of super rich people (net assets worth $30m or more, excluding the value of their main house) is up by 0.8 per cent over the previous year. London now has 25 per cent more multi-millionaires than its closest rival Tokyo, and 29 per cent more than in third place Singapore. UK multi-millionaires are most likely...
Beer of the Week – Rocky Head Imitera IPA
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 7.2% Brewed: Southfields, London Set up by a small group of friends in the summer of 2012, Rocky Head Brewery is heavily inspired by the American craft beer scene, operating as a microbrewery from a site in South West London. Although a somewhat ramshackle organisation, using equipment sourced from various sources, the brewery is becoming known to produce some of London’s finest beer, having even collaborated with the likes of Selfridges in order to brew the department...
PMQs 11th May – Royal fail & posted workers
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor My lack of knowledge of EU working directives is probably (ok definitely) to blame, but I don’t think I was alone in being temporarily lost in a mail bag when Jeremy Corbyn used up the majority of his questions on the issue of posted workers. He was really quite animated, and managed to ramble on about it, without even asking a question on one occasion. To be fair to Cameron he picked an answer out...
Russia testing nuclear weapon capable of wiping out a country
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Reports coming out from Russian media channels have claimed that they are testing a weapon that can slip past radar defences and destroy an are the size of “France or Texas.” There are huge concerns that the test-fire of this nuclear weapon could wipe out a country in a matter of seconds. The missile, which has been dubbed “Satan 2,” is believed to be the most powerful ever designed. It is supposedly also equipped with...
How to cost a house renovation
Home renovations are expensive. If you speak to any experienced builder, the general rule of thumb is to take your budget and double it. Trust me, I've done a few of them and my estimates have always been wildly optimistic. Roof off, floors dug up, rewired, re-plumbed, re-plastered, etc, etc... isn't where the money is spent. Apart from the mega bucks spent on the finish, the cash drain usually happens in the areas you can't see; insulation, groundworks, underpinning, replacing...
‘Completely uncosted’ 7-day NHS plan, says report
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor There has been another critical report regarding NHS staffing levels. The Public Accounts Committee has discovered that extreme pressure to save money is already seeing wards understaffed. The PAC claims the Conservative Government have made “no coherent attempt” to realise the vast numbers of nurses, doctors and auxiliary staff needed to deliver its seven-day NHS promise. The MPs on the committee called for an urgent review of the size of the medical health workforce in...
Redundancy payments paid to MPs’ staff just before new Commons jobs
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A Government watchdog has indicated that £925k was given out to 125 people prior to the election, however each had a new jobs within three months. In every case the member of staff was made redundant due to their MP standing down or losing their seat, but they were back working for a new MP within a very short space of time. In 60.3% of these cases there was no break in employment at all....
VIDEO – ‘Very rude’ Queen criticises Chinese officials
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The Queen has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were "very rude" during last year's state visit by the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. Our monarch was filmed talking about the treatment of Britain's ambassador to China with a senior police officer at a Palace garden party yesterday. Metropolitan Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi, who the monarch is told had overseen security during President Xi's visit to the UK in October, is introduced to the Queen....
7 months to save child refugees – Tories criticised
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor A row has broken out in parliament as child refugees who will now be given access to the UK, “by the end of the year,” reports the Mirror. The Government has been attacked as this could mean a seven-month wait to come into Britain. Labour’s Yvette Cooper was furious and said: "Seven months may be a fast time for a bureaucrat - it's a very slow time for a child." The argument broke only a...