All Don Forsyth wants to do is unlock the money tied up in an old pension he had forgotten about. But because the pension comes with valuable guarantees and is worth more than £30,000, he needs to pay a financial adviser to sign it off. Yet the trouble is, the 61-year-old cannot find one willing … Read more
The Cummings clearout: No10 ‘will hand back control of special advisers to ministers’ as maverick aide’s legacy is dramatically torched Special advisers had to report directly to Dominic Cummings under old regime But new regime led by acting chief of staff Edward Lister is tearing up old rules Means special advisers will once again report … Read more
Donald Trump was talked out of launching a missile strike on Iran’s main nuclear site by his top advisers last week who warned it could trigger a war President Trump asked senior advisers about taking action against Iran’s main nuclear site at a meeting last Thursday, the New York Times reported Monday Four current and … Read more
Joe Biden‘s scientific advisers will meet with COVID-19 vaccine makers in the coming days despite the presidential transition remaining stalled because of Donald Trump‘s refusal to concede the election. ‘We´re going to start those consultations this week,’ said Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, citing Pfizer, which said Monday its experimental vaccine is 90 per … Read more
Downing Street is today locked in a bitter and very public civil war over the direction of the Government after Whitehall was rocked by the resignation of Boris Johnson‘s director of communications Lee Cain. Mr Cain last night announced he will leave Number 10 at the end of the year after a standoff over whether … Read more
Downing Street is today locked in a bitter and very public civil war over the direction of the Government after Whitehall was rocked by the resignation of Boris Johnson‘s director of communications Lee Cain. Mr Cain last night announced he will leave Number 10 at the end of the year after a standoff over whether … Read more
The Government claims to have met Boris Johnson‘s target of being able to process 500,000 coronavirus tests per day by the end of October. In data published today, UK officials reported the country had the capacity to carry out 519,770 swab tests on November 1 for the virus. But over the course of the week, only … Read more
The Government’s SAGE advisers released papers yesterday evening that showed how they warned ministers two weeks ago that Britain could be headed for a more serious situation than their ‘worst case scenario’. The document, dated October 14, which was released online, said ‘we are breaching the number of infections and hospital admissions in the Reasonable … Read more
Driving into work at 7.30 on Monday morning along the M4, I was delighted to find myself stuck in a traffic jam. After the preternaturally quiet motorways and half-empty rail carriages of recent months, gridlock felt like welcome normality. Nobody loves commuting, but for a brief moment it seemed the rush hour and the bustling, … Read more
FCA launches crackdown on rogue advisers: Two-year campaign aims to stop investment scams and excessive fees By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 10 August 2020 More than 100 financial advice firms are being investigated by the City watchdog as part of a sector-wide crackdown, … Read more