Theresa May, Britain’s second female Prime Minister, has sounded off about the absence of women in company boardrooms in a recent report. By gender diversity group Pipeline, the report criticised the fact there are only 13 female chief executive officers at the top 350 FTSE companies. Mrs May thunders in the report: ‘Every single male … Read more
Boris Johnson is at the centre of a ‘cronyism’ row after his brother was named on a list of 36 new peers in the House of Lords, alongside ex-Tory chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond and England cricketing legend Sir Ian Botham. The Government published its list of proposed peerages and political honours this afternoon, confirming … Read more
Local elections – including for the mayor of London – ‘should be POSTPONED from May until autumn over coronavirus fears to protect the public and staff at polling stations’ The Election Commission said May 7 poll should be delayed until autumn CEO Bob Posner cited ‘real risks to the successful delivery’ of the vote Elections … Read more
Margaret Thatcher Vol 3: Herself Alone by Charles Moore (Allen Lane £35, 1,072 pp) Margaret Thatcher Vol 3: Herself Alone by Charles Moore (Allen Lane £35, 1,072 pp) Political biographies don’t get any better than this. For a start, there’s the thorough research sifting through a million pages of government and personal papers, backed up by … Read more