The choice of Richard Hughes as next chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility will be a critical one for the Boris Johnson era. Covid-19 had turned Britain’s budgetary verities on their head. In wartime, extraordinary levels of borrowing and debt are acceptable, as predecessor Robert Chote intelligently pointed out in Commons testimony at the … Read more
A Russian ex-spy charged with downing the passenger jet MH17 has said he feels a ‘moral responsibility’ for the disaster. Igor Girkin is one of four people accused of murder over the missile shot in July 2014 which killed all 298 people on the Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine. Girkin was a commander of separatist … Read more
Trump refuses to take responsibility for spike in people ingesting disinfectant and says he ‘can’t imagine why’ there was an increase after he spoke about using it as a coronavirus treatment Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said his state was flooded with calls to emergency hotlines from people asking about disinfectants after Trump’s comment Monday Trump … Read more
Betway is hit by record £11.6m fine for failing in its social responsibility to customers after ‘VIP’ client lost £4m of an £8m deposit while another gambled away £187,000 in two days Malta-based firm failed to carry out source of funds checks on ‘VIP’ customer They deposited more than £8million and lost more than £4million … Read more
Doctors need to stop moaning and take responsibility for improving the NHS, the leader of Britain’s medics warns Professor Carrie MacEwen said ministers had given NHS substantial sum of cash Doctors must take advantage of ‘once in a generation opportunity’ given to them Government has pledged to pump an extra £33.9 billion into NHS over five years … Read more