Equalities minister Liz Truss slams focus on ‘fashionable’ race and gender issues

Equalities minister Liz Truss slams focus on ‘fashionable’ race and gender issues – as it’s revealed department she runs has the BIGGEST pay gap between men and women Liz Truss will hit out at the focus on ‘fashionable’ race and gender issues today  She will set out a fresh  approach in her speech to the … Read more

Ministers ‘plot last-minute bid to weaken new food and farms watchdog for post-Brexit trade deals’

Ministers ‘plot last-minute bid to weaken new food and farms watchdog for post-Brexit trade deals’ The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farms campaign has pressured ministers  The Trade and Agriculture Commission will be put on a statutory footing  Government says it is ‘ wrong’ to claim the commission will be weakened By Mail on … Read more

Liz Truss faces revolt over ‘toothless’ Brexit deal

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss faces new revolt on ‘toothless’ food watchdog as pressure mounts over post-Brexit trade deal International Trade Secretary Liz Truss plans to secure food standards for the UK Peers in the House of Lords wish to be able to have an input on food standards  Liz Truss would wish that food … Read more

Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body

Liz Truss must beef up ‘toothless’ new trade body to avoid ‘selling out’ British farmers in the rush to secure post-Brexit deals, campaigners warn People think there is ‘limited protection against cheap, low-quality food imports’ The advisory body trade and agriculture commission was launched last month There have also been protests that the commission will not … Read more

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is made president of the UK’s Board of Trade

Tony Abbott gets a job! Former prime minister becomes a UK trade envoy 15 months after leaving politics – as Scott Morrison says he is a ‘good hire’ Ex Australian PM Tony Abbott will become president of the UK’s Board of Trade The 62-year-old will tasked with helping Britain strike trade deals around world  He … Read more

Rishi Sunak to axe ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants deciding it is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’

Rishi Sunak plans to axe the £500million-a-year ‘Facebook tax’ on US tech giants after deciding that angering Donald Trump is ‘more trouble than it’s worth’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to ditch the ‘Facebook tax’ on big tech companies He reportedly decided The Digital Services Tax is ‘more trouble than it is worth’  The tax is … Read more

Head of firm handed £150m coronavirus face-mask contract blasts ‘fake’ news that the did not work

The head of an investment firm handed a £150million Government contract to supply millions of coronavirus face masks for the NHS claimed it was the victim of ‘fake news’ today after the Government refused to use them on safety grounds. Tim Horlick said that 50 million Chinese-made FFP2 masks supplied by Ayanda Capital were ‘perfectly good’ … Read more

Ministers ‘wasted more than £150million buying face masks that don’t work’ from investment firm

Ministers spent more than £150milllion buying millions of face masks from a small investment company that cannot be used by NHS medics, court documents reveal today. Around 50 million Chinese-made FFP2 masks supplied by Ayanda Capital had ear straps rather than head straps, which raised ‘concern’ they may not provide an ‘adequate fixing’ around the … Read more

Trade documents ‘stolen from Liam Fox by Russian hackers’ 

Secret UK trade documents used by then Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to attack the Government were stolen by Russian hackers from the email account of former international trade secretary Liam Fox, it was reported today. The Department of International Trade documents on post-Brexit trade talks with the US were brandished by the hard Left MP at … Read more

RSPCA attacks Liz Truss’s trade panel as undermining Britain’s world-leading food standards

The UK’s largest animal welfare charity has warned that the new Trade and Agriculture Commission is a ‘Trojan horse’ that risks undermining the nation’s world-leading farm and food standards. Giving its backing to The Mail on Sunday’s Save Our Family Farms campaign, the RSPCA criticised the Government’s failure to guarantee that the UK’s tough welfare … Read more