Barred from St Barts! Caribbean island popular with celebrities will shut down to comply with French covid-19 guidelines France announced it will shut its borders to all non-EU countries and impose travel restrictions on its overseas territories, including St Barts Local government in St Barts is frantically trying to get their island exempt from travel … Read more
Stop this cashtastrophe: Government must step in to protect a vital payment method, says VICTORIA BISCHOFF By Victoria Bischoff for the Daily Mail Published: 22:24 GMT, 2 February 2021 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 2 February 2021 It has been more than two years since a damning report warned that Britain was in danger of sleepwalking … Read more
MPs from both main parties have argued for the extension of the stamp duty holiday, to allow people who are already in the process of buying a home to benefit from tax savings of up to £15,000. The issue was debated in a virtual House of Commons session yesterday, which saw the majority of the … Read more
Three of the nation’s major roads are due to receive new government funding as part of ministers’ pledge to bolster transport links and ‘make journeys safer and more reliable for motorists’. Transport secretary Grant Shapps has pledged £93million to revamp routes in North Yorkshire, Hampshire and the Midlands, which will total £107million with local councils providing … Read more
The Government will tell young cocaine users that taking the drug is as ‘uncool and unpopular’ as heroin after figures revealed a surge in the number of young adults using the substance. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the number of 16 to 24-year-olds using powdered cocaine quadrupled from 1.3 per cent … Read more
More than 100,000 people are likely to die from non-coronavirus causes because of the pandemic, according to an official government estimate. By the end of next month the chaos in hospitals and care homes will have led to 46,000 avoidable deaths, Department of Health research has suggested. Cancellations to routine operations may cause 18,000 excess … Read more
Pets in lets: Government makes it harder to impose ‘blanket bans’ on tenants having animals – but landlords want to charge higher deposits The Government’s model rental contract now allows pets as the ‘default’ Landlords using it will need to provide a ‘good reason’ for not allowing animals The industry body says they should be … Read more
A British couple have told how they to quit their jobs to travel the world for a year despite the ongoing global pandemic. Lizzy, 25, and Richard, 27, both from Yorkshire, decided to push ahead with their globe-trotting plans and jetted off on December 30. They travelled to London Gatwick in West Sussex, despite government advice … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Labour leader Keir Starmer is less effective than Marcus Rashford at holding Government to account over Covid, poll finds Only 29 per cent claimed the Labour leader was doing a good job at scrutinising A majority thought Manchester United star’s campaigns kept ministers in check An Ipsos Mori survey shared exclusively polled 1,083 adults … Read more
Government removes ‘sexist’ coronavirus ‘stay at home’ advert featuring women ironing, homeschooling their children and doing chores after backlash while the only man relaxes on a sofa The poster showed one picture of a woman reclining in a man’s arms on the sofa It was followed by three images of women looking after children and cleaning … Read more