Politics.co.uk staff

Hunt’s post-Brexit regulatory reforms are ‘unconvincing’ and a ‘damp squib’, say MPs

The chancellor’s raft of financial services reforms are “unconvincing”, a cross-party group of MPs has said.  The Treasury select committee, chaired by Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin, has said that none of Jeremy Hunt’s so-called Edinburgh reforms implemented so far “will make a substantial difference to the UK economy”. It comes after the chancellor unveiled plans… Read more »

Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson says he never wanted to ‘let it rip’ — but admits view was ‘widespread’

Former prime minister Boris Johnson has denied wanting to let Covid “rip”, as he faces his second day of grilling at the official Covid inquiry. This morning, Johnson was shown a series of extracts from former chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance’s diaries. In one passage, Vallance quotes Johnson as advocating a “let the virus… Read more »