Manchester (London Parliament Politics Magazine) – Mayor Andy Burnham says that Bonfire Night fireworks don’t ‘bring return’, but millions spent on Aviva Studios will. Mayor Andy Burnham has supported the cancellation of Manchester’s public fireworks display this year — despite paying millions
London (Parliament Politics Magzine) – The Bank of England is functioning on technology to settle blockchain payments employing central bank money to stop a shift to a private settlement that could damage financial stability, according to a senior official. Sasha Mills, executive
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Children are being kept in solitary confinement for more than three months in a “serious indictment” of Britain’s youth detention regime, the prisons watchdog has cautioned. Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, expressed children were not
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – UK house prices are rising at their fastest annual rate for nearly two years as borrowing prices continue to fall on expectations that the Bank of England will keep cutting interest rates, Nationwide has stated. The building
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Buckingham Palace has refused Boris Johnson was asked to present Prince Harry with a “manly pep talk” to persuade him not to step away from royal duties in January 2020. The ex-prime minister claimed in his new
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – An online commitment to withhold smartphones from children until they are at least 14 has been inscribed by parents at 20% of schools across the UK, according to a campaign group. A “parent pact” collected by Smartphone
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The UK economy is to expand faster than Japan, Italy and Germany this year. The global economy is “turning a corner”, according to the latest perspective from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as it
Manchester (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Mayor Andy Burnham tells the Treasury it is required to invest more in transport plans if it wants growth in all regions. Andy Burnham has expressed stopping HS2 at Birmingham will leave the railway as a “monument
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Labour ministers encounter warnings that their housebuilding project for London risks costing an astronomical ÂŁ54 billion just for affordable homes unless housing associations can attract more private investment. The G15 group, which represents major not-for-profit housing associations,
London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The IFS warned Labour faces tough fiscal challenges, noting potential tax increases on capital gains, inheritance, and stamp duty. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) stated Labour had promised not to increase income tax, national insurance, VAT
