Starmer to tell Davos a Labour Britain would be ‘open for business’ Labour leader and shadow chancellor to promote green investment at forum in Sunak’s absence The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Starmer to tell global finance UK will be ‘open for business’ under Labour The Labour leader and shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves are joining the annual gathering of international movers and shakers in Davos. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
New railway line, cycle routes and historic buildings share £208 million in UK Government Levelling Up funds A total of 11 projects are receiving funds, but the Welsh Government has said Wales is still £1.1bn short of what it used to receive from the EU Wales Online · Jan 18, 2023
Scottish projects set for ‘levelling up’ funding despite plea to MPs to avoid phrase TEN projects in Scotland will share £117 million of UK Government “levelling up” funding. The National (Scotland) · Jan 18, 2023
Historic Haigh Hall to receive £20 million Levelling Up cash Wigan Council was successful in their bid to get £20 million of Levelling Up funding for Haigh Hall Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023
Every Greater Manchester project getting Levelling Up cash in round two - as MP slams 'Hunger Games-style contest' The boroughs of Wigan, Oldham, and Trafford have all been successful in bids to secure grants from a £2.1bn government pot Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023
Prince Harry recalls ‘yawning silence’ that followed Meghan Markle’s joke after first Trooping the Colour Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended their first Trooping the Colour together in 2018 The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Cleverly stresses ‘coordination’ on Ukraine as he praises Canadian contribution The Canadian Government announced plans to donate 200 armoured personnel carriers to Ukraine, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
Weather warnings as bitterly cold temperatures expected across country Yellow warnings are in place for snow and ice across northern and western parts of the UK. The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023
UK weather: Brits braced for chilling -6C Arctic blast TONIGHT — hour-by-hour forecast Most of the UK is set for some icy temperatures tonight as the cold snap continues, with many regions plunging into the negatives and some even reaching an eye-watering -6C Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023
Why Zuckerberg should face the threat of jail The UK government is about to do something that will make Silicon Valley shudder, or at least make social media executives think twice about flying over British airspace. Bangkok Post · Jan 18, 2023
'UK food tsar is on to something with anti office cake message - I can't resist' Endless sugary calories are a danger if you can't shut your cakehole, admits Eva Simpson, who thinks UK food tsar Professor Susan Jebb is no killjoy Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023
Censorship fears over plan to keep Channel people-smugglers off social media Charity says government’s move to tackle ‘TikTok traffickers’ could affect ability to highlight plight of refugees The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
Ministers set six-week window to decide on Northern Ireland elections Timetable piles pressure on EU and UK to resolve dispute over Northern Ireland protocol The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 Travel disruption across UK caused by ice and snow to continue Met Office has issued weather warnings for all four nations, and declared flooding of Somerset Levels to be a major incident
The National (Scotland) · Jan 18, 2023 Donald Trump accused of failing to come clean after breaking UK company law A SCOTTISH golf course owned by Donald Trump’s sons has been accused of issuing misleading information after failing to follow UK company law.
Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023 UK weather: Met Office reveals when UK will FINALLY get warmer — and it's not far off Freezing cold temperatures have been recorded across the UK this week but the chilly weather could be on its way out from the weekend, according to the Met Office.
Daily Mirror · Jan 18, 2023 Masked Singer fans 'work out' Otter is comedian and Bake Off star after clues The Masked Singer UK's Otter could be unmasked as a well known TV presenter and comedian, if fans' guesses are proven right
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 The Guardian view on Scotland’s gender reform bill: understand more, condemn less Editorial: Scottish legislation redeems the promises made by a previous Tory prime minister, yet both sides are now in a constitutional showdown
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 Olaf Scholz steers clear of commitment to supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine Zelenskiy warns against delaying military support after German chancellor’s reticence at Davos summit
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 Zelenskiy uses Davos speech to intensify call for more tanks from allies President says Ukraine needs heavy armour now but German chancellor is cautious about conflict escalating
The National (Scotland) · Jan 18, 2023 ‘As if written by someone on work experience’: Reaction to UK's Section 35 reasons THE UK Government has published a detailed list of reasons why it has blocked gender reform legislation passed by Holyrood by issuing a section 35…
The Conversation · Jan 18, 2023 Second-hand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon) A few weeks ago, Zara, the Spanish fashion chain with stores all over the world, announced that it was branching into the second-hand market. With a pilot test in the United Kingdom, through the Zara Pre-Owned platform, it is set to offer the option of reselling a Zara garment, having…
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2023 Labour’s UK and Scottish leaders try to end row over gender recognition bill Head of Scottish party Anas Sarwar says there is no disagreement with Keir Starmer over transgender rights reform
The Independent UK · Jan 18, 2023 Critics slam UK bid for post-Brexit bonfire of EU laws British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to remove all remaining European Union laws from Britain’s statute book by the end of the year