Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the government has set out 'the earliest dates' that lockdown restrictions can start to be eased in the roadmap, 'to give a sense of direction'. He adds 'businesses don't want is a stop-start approach'. Follow...
Newslinks for Sunday 28th February 2021
Budget 1) Sunak “plotting” tax raids on online deliveries and the self-employed “Rishi Sunak is plotting a new tax on online deliveries next month and a raid on the self-employed later this year, The Telegraph can reveal. The Chancellor will use...
Our monthly survey will be postponed until after Wednesday’s Budget
Ordinarily, our February monthly survey would go out today, or would have been issued a few days previously. Occasionally, the survey has gone out a day late; perhaps even more rarely, a few days later. But this month will mark the first time we’ve deliberately...
Maria Miller: Death and rape threats, abuse, revenge porn. It’s time for Government to get tough with the social media giants.
Maria Miller is a former Culture Secretary, and is MP for Basingstoke. I want 2021 to be the year that we finally grasp the nettle of online abuse – to create a safer, more respectful online environment, that will lead to a kinder politics too. The need has...
Petition against the rollout of ‘Covid-19 vaccine passports’ racks up over 225,000 signatures.
Advertisements A petition asking the Government to ensure Covid-19 vaccine passports will not be rolled out to the British public has surpassed 225,000 signatures. The Petition reads: “We want the Government to commit to not rolling out any e-vaccination...
Dehenna Davison: Levelling up means nobody should be forced to leave their home town
Dehenna Davison is MP for Bishop Auckland. The past year has been tough. Nobody can deny that. The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a toll on us all; affecting society’s health – both physically and mentally – and hitting our economy hard. We mustn’t underestimate the...
First hijab-wearing frontline officer for Leicestershire Police trials new design
Advertisements The first hijab-wearing frontline police officer on the Leicestershire force is trialling a new design of the garment from New Zealand – Khadeejah Mansur joined the force as a student officer in October 2020 and is the first to try the new design. The...
Alexander Stafford: A freeport in South Yorkshire will prove our commitment to the Blue Wall
Alexander Stafford is MP for Rother Valley. As the first Conservative Member of Parliament ever to be elected to serve Rother Valley in its 101-year history, repaying the trust of my constituents and ensuring this Conservative Government works for them has been my...
Liberty – Road Out of Lockdown MUST NOT Ride Roughshod Over Our Rights
Advertisements Liberty an advocacy group based in the UK, campaign and challenge injustice, protect civil liberties and promote human rights – through the courts, in Parliament and in the wider community. In August 2020 I covered Liberty’s landmark victory – the first...
US Barack Obama claimed that reparations for black Americans are ‘justified’
Advertisements It has emerged that the former President of the US Barack Obama has claimed that reparations for black Americans are ‘justified’ but called it a ‘nonstarter’ during his presidency as a result of ‘white resistance’. These comments were made...
