Plan to extend 50-MP limit in the Commons chamber ‘would cost £280,000 for just eight extra seats’ due to problems fitting microphones Parliamentary officials have been desperately hunting ways to extend capacity Politicians complain debates are sterile and ministers not being properly tested PHE said only solution was for MPs to wear masks and do … Read more
Rishi Sunak faces calls to extend furlough scheme to avoid cliff-edge and the risk of mass long-term unemployment when it ends next month Rishi Sunak has been urged to extend the furlough scheme after October 31 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled this out, despite unemployment fears Up to £3.5b of furlough cash may have … Read more
Extend emergency measures to end of the year, or risk seeing more UK firms go bust, business leaders plead By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 22:40 BST, 8 September 2020 | Updated: 23:01 BST, 8 September 2020 Business leaders are pleading with ministers to extend emergency measures or risk firms across the country … Read more
Pizza Hut and a string of Mayfair and Belgravia restaurants have joined the list of venues funding their own extension of Rishi Sunak‘s meal deal scheme. The chains will continue the 50 per cent discount into September, which the Government has financed through August. More than 64million meals were eaten under the scheme during its first … Read more
Government being urged to change rules on business support grants before schemes are closed at the end of week By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 22 August 2020 The Government is being urged to change the rules on business support grants before the schemes … Read more
Government plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to unmarried couples who live together By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 4 August 2020 | Updated: 10:43 BST, 5 August 2020 The Government said last week it had a plan to extend Bereavement Support Payments to couples who live together Unmarried parents … Read more
Banks are urging mortgage borrowers to think carefully before taking a further mortgage holiday after the Government officially extended the initiative by three months. Some 1.8million homeowners have opted to take a mortgage holiday since the lockdown began in March. Now, these same homeowners can opt to extend their break by a further three months, … Read more
Seven in 10 dentists will go BUST by August unless Treasury acts now: MPs back desperate plea for financial aid Dental practices across the country were ordered to close their doors when the UK lockdown was imposed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic Many are not eligible for any of the Government’s financial … Read more
Grim economic news is something we have had to get used to in the past two months but yesterday was something of a body blow. Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he was extending the jobs retention scheme until October is the most ominous of all the amendments and additions to the bailout for the economy … Read more
Ed Sheeran’s neighbour wins battle with singer to extend his back garden by 160 feet despite superstar complaining it would spoil his £3.7m ‘Sheeranville’ estate Robinson’s plans to extend his back garden have been approved by the council Ed Sheeran objected to the ‘unplanned and artificial’ extension last month The pop-star has had to deal … Read more