The UK’s public borrowing rose to another record high last month as a result of the mounting cost of the government’s energy support schemes and soaring debt interest. According to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK public sector borrowing reached £27.4 billion in December 2022, the highest December figure…
Energy Support and Debt Interest Send UK Public Borrowing to Record High
January 24, 2023
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Catalogue of Errors by Probation Officers Led to Jordan McSweeney Being Free to Kill
A series of mistakes by probation officers left Jordan McSweeney free to sexually assault and kill Zara Aleena on a London street last year when he should have been recalled to prison. McSweeney, 29, was locked up for at least 38 years last month after admitting to killing Aleena as she walked along a street…
Mobile Phone Records Swept Under the Rug in Sexual Assault Trials
Commentary When it comes to teasing out the murky truth in sexual consent cases, the mobile phone is a key source of evidence offering a lifeline that often serves to exonerate accused men. That’s why phone evidence has become such a hot-button issue, with police and prosecutors now routinely withholding or deleting phone evidence that…
BBC Chairman Probed Over Alleged Role in Helping Boris Johnson Secure Loan
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp is under investigation over potential conflicts of interests after allegations emerged that he had helped secure an £800,000 ($987,000) loan guarantee for former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The Sunday Times alleged that Sharp, a Tory donor and BBC chair candidate at the time, was involved in talks about financing Johnson when…
Levels of Dependency on the State Have Reached Record Levels, Says UK Think Tank
A record 36 million people in Britain now live in households that receive more benefits from the state—including free education and health care—than they contribute in tax, according to a report by the think tank Civitas. Civitas analysed data from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) from 2020/21 and found 54.2 percent of individuals were…
Not Enough Low Emission Vans on Sale Ahead of London ULEZ Expansion: Analysis
There may not be enough vans for sale if all tradespeople who travel into London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) expansion area want to upgrade their older vehicles to comply with the emissions limit, an analysis suggests. Figures from Auto Trader—which says it is used by around 80 percent of UK vehicle retailers—show there are…
Convicted of Murder, Afghan Asylum Seeker Who Claimed to Be a Child Had Killed Before in Serbia
An Afghan asylum seeker who claimed he was 16 when he was actually 21, has been found guilty of murdering a young man in England, but it has emerged that he was also convicted in absentia of a double murder in Serbia. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury at Salisbury Crown…
UK PM Sunak Orders Investigation Into Tory Chair Nadhim Zahawi’s Tax Row
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has ordered an investigation into Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi, who is facing growing calls for him to quit after paying a penalty to resolve a multi-million-pound tax dispute. Zahawi, who attends Sunak’s Cabinet, has been under pressure since UK media alleged he had avoided tax by using Balshore Investments,…
UK Says It Still Wants Ukraine to Get German-Made Tanks
LONDON—Britain still wants an international deal to provide Ukraine with the German-made tanks that Kyiv says it needs in its fight against Russia but whose transfer needs Germany’s consent, British foreign minister James Cleverly said on Sunday. Western allies pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine last week, although they failed to persuade Germany…
Labour Reports Boris Johnson for Alleged Conflict of Interest
The Labour Party has reported Boris Johnson to Parliament’s standard watchdog following allegations that BBC chairman Richard Sharp helped to secure an £800,000 loan guarantee for the former British prime minister. Anneliese Dodds, chair of the main opposition party, wrote to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Daniel Greenberg after a Sunday Times report alleged that Sharp, a Tory donor and…
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