Boots-owner agrees £4.8bn deal to sell majority of its Alliance Healthcare wholesale and distribution business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 6 January 2021 Walgreens Boots Alliance is to sell the majority of Alliance Healthcare to US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) … Read more
Donald Trump says people are ‘angry’ after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, and the sitting president’s most ardent loyalists vented their fury at the high-ranking Republican. ‘The Electoral College has spoken,’ McConnell said on Tuesday morning, before adding he wanted to ‘congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden’ and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Early on … Read more
The majority of Britons believe Christmas should be cancelled this year amid plans to loosen restrictions over the festive period, a poll has found. A YouGov poll of 3,856 adults found 57 per cent think the current rules should be maintained over Christmas – instead of allowing bubbles of up to three households to mix. … Read more
The British public’s grasp of broader economics is ‘generally very weak,’ according to a study which quizzed people on terms such as GDP and deficit. Less than half of those tested understood that GDP related to the size of the economy and dismissed the concept as ‘economic jargon’. Personal experience was also found to breed … Read more
How are the mighty fallen! Carrying a cardboard box of old junk out of the front door of No 10, a disconsolate and humiliated Dominic Cummings last night bade farewell to power for ever. The question the nation should be asking itself this morning is whether the sudden demise of the man, until yesterday the … Read more
Majority of Britons do NOT trust the government: Survey reveals ‘record lows’ in confidence with 15% of people saying they have faith in Boris and Co. British Social Attitudes poll found confidence among lowest levels ever recorded Around 34 per cent said that they ‘almost never’ trust the political system It is thought that trust … Read more
How coronavirus is dividing Britain: Majority of people who followed social-distancing restrictions resent lockdown rule breakers as solidarity gives way to distrust, study finds Think tank Demos surveyed 10,061 adults in the UK between 31 July and 7 August Poll found 68% of those who did not break lockdown rules resent those who did The … Read more
Marcus Rashford is spearheading a task force on the issue of child food poverty and is warning of ‘devastating’ effects on the stability of the country if action is not taken quickly. The Manchester United and England striker was successful in campaigning for free school meal vouchers to be provided to pupils over the summer … Read more
1948-70 – Nearly half a million people moved from the Caribbean to Britain, which in 1948 faced severe labour shortages in the wake of the Second World War. The immigrants were later referred to as ‘the Windrush generation’. Working age adults and many children travelled from the Caribbean to join parents or grandparents in the UK … Read more
The National Trust has decided to keep displays in its country houses linked to slavery on show to ‘encourage debate’. The announcement comes as the heritage conservation charity said its in the process of issuing a report, which has taken over a year to compile, which reveals that almost a third of stately homes are … Read more