News Archive

19/4/2025

 
Trump breaks BIGGEST PROMISE to his OWN voters | Another Day

Exposing prices going up for Americans as Trump policies more and more exposed..  

19/4/2025

 
Americans living near Canadian border fear Trump's tariffs will devastate local businesses

Small businesses in the U.S.  that depend on tourism say President Trump's tariffs could devastate their local economies.  

19/4/2025

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERpRqLYlGbg

The right-wing Wall Street Journal is now floating the idea of impeaching Donald Trump..  

18/4/2025

 
Trump is right on interest rates, for all the wrong reasons

Interest rates need to tumble, as Trump is demanding, but entirely because he's created mayhem.   Right around the world, economies face the risk of recession due to Trump's irresponsibility.  

18/4/2025

Senior Traffic Commissioner launches consultation to review approach in determining a driver's suitability

Industry regulator seeks views on revised Statutory Guidance and Statutory Directions.   The Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain has today (17 April 2025) called on professional drivers, commercial vehicle operators, legal representatives and road safety stakeholders to take part in a review of guidance on the conduct of professional drivers.  

18/4/2025

 
Tariffs Are DESTROYING Small Business In USA In 2025

In 2025, small businesses across America are being crushed by rising tariffs—and no one is coming to save them.   What started as a strategy to protect U.S.  

18/4/2025

Homes fit for heroes: Raft of news measures to improve military family housing

Living conditions for families in military housing will be transformed under a new Consumer Charter, as Defence Secretary John Healey promised to "stop the rot" in military housing.   New Consumer Charter for families in military homes, delivering on the government's Plan for Change.  

18/4/2025

 
Singapore Prime Minister Speech Sets Out The Tariff Position - One of the Best Explanations

The Prime Minister of Singapore Lawrence Wong delivered a powerful speech in Parliament regarding Trump's tariffs, vowing not to back down.  He assured Singaporeans that they will not be intimidated and are not afraid.  

18/4/2025

Green shoots for retail sales

This year, Easter is in April, while last year it was in March.  This calendar change distorts the year on year sales comparisons - resulting in an artificially higher April, but lower March sales.  

18/4/2025

 
Trading Standards - Recruitment Scams - Cryptocurrency

There have been more reports of recruitment scams which begin via a text or WhatsApp message, where scammers ask jobseekers to sign up to a website or app.   Once signed up, they're told they can earn money by completing simple tasks such as watching a video or writing a review.  

17/4/2025

Investigation into Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited's compliance with the TCLC

Ofgem is investigating the compliance of Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (the owner and operator of Moray East Offshore Windfarm) with the requirements of condition 20A of the Electricity Generation Standard Licence Conditions (known as the Transmission Constraint Licence Condition, or "TCLC").   A transmission constraint is defined in the TCLC as any limit on the ability of the national electricity transmission system, or any part of it, to transmit the power supplied onto the system to the location where the demand for that power is situated.  

17/4/2025

Owner of North London tyre fitters banned for 10 years after inflating turnover to secure maximum-value Covid loan

Decade-long ban for director who abused Bounce Back Loan Scheme.   Shkelzen Gashi overstated his Smart Tyres Services Ltd company's turnover by almost double to secure a £50,000 Bounce Back Loan, the most businesses were allowed under the scheme.  

17/4/2025

Good news as CPI inflation falls to 2.6 per cent but the cost-of-living outlook remains at the mercy of global forces in the coming months

CPI inflation dipped in March - falling by 0.2 percentage points to reach 2.6 per cent – but huge global forces will shape changes in the cost of living in the coming months, the Resolution Foundation said on Wednesday.   This drop is welcome, exceeding the expectations of both the market and the Bank of England (of 2.7 per cent).  

17/4/2025

Are Britons really poorer than they were 20 years ago, or does it just feel that way?

Millions of UK households are facing what's been dubbed "awful April" after rising council tax, water bills and broadband costs coincided with the new tax year.  It could all start to hurt quite quickly.  

17/4/2025

Have Trump's tariffs affected his popularity? Here's what approval data shows

When Donald Trump launched a trade war on April 2, he produced enormous volatility in stock markets around the world, but since then upheaval in the bond market has forced him to row back on some of his tariffs.   Investors traditionally consider US Treasury bonds to be a safe asset with a guaranteed return and therefore preferable to stocks when the latter are falling in price.  

17/4/2025

 
Trump has failed badly. What will he do next? That's the worry

Trump has failed, but the world needs to carry on presuming that Trump is the biggest threat it has faced in generations, because a man who's failed in the way he has might turn to violence, and violence will not resolve anything.  .  

17/4/2025

Jobs weakness means UK employment rate has now been declining for two years

The latest figures on the UK labour market reveal that the employment rate is estimated to have been falling for the two years to March 2025, while pay packets are starting to flatline in real terms.  In the last glimpse of the UK labour market before changes to the Minimum Wage and Employer National Insurance contributions (NICs) came into effect in April, according to the Resolution Foundation.  

17/4/2025

 
Trump is scaring the people of the USA. They're not going to spend as a result

Scared people do not spend.  This is a fact of economic life.  

17/4/2025

 
More than half a million more people in line for savings boost - open to anyone working and receiving Universal Credit

Thousands more are eligible to open a Help to Save account.   Government's Help to Save scheme now open to 550,000 more people to help with cost of living.  

17/4/2025

Donald Trump's revealed trade strategy looks bad news for the UK

One of those choices is how to react to the tariffs, given that they seem to be aimed at inconsistent goals.  Jill Rutter at The Institute for Government argues the UK may have to pay quite a high price for any deal - and not get that much out of it.