Non - Brexit

The Grenfell Inquiry trundles on 4 years after the event.

Cummings has been setting out the scapegoats ready for any future Inquiry to point out.
 
After Brexit, I had to apply for a new permanent Danish Visa which has just been excepted.
Straight forward process, just need a new photo and have fingerprints taken.
 
UK economy grew slightly in February https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56729631

The ONS said UK exports to the EU partially rebounded by 46.6%.

The February bounce back followed a fall of 42% in January as businesses struggled to cope with new Brexit export rules.

However, imports of goods from the EU in February showed a weaker rebound of 7.3%, following a 29.7% drop in January.

The ONS said it was too early to make any conclusions about the impact of the new trading arrangements with Europe.
 
UK cronyism for UK people

A top civil servant joined financial firm Greensill Capital as an adviser while still working for the government, a lobbying watchdog has revealed.
Bill Crothers's part-time position had been "agreed" to by the Cabinet Office, the Office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments added.
Its chairman Lord Pickles complained of a "lack of transparency" over the situation.
But Mr Crothers said he had been taken on by Greensill in a "transparent" way.
Labour called his dual employment "extraordinary and shocking".
The disclosure about Mr Crothers - who had been the government's chief procurement officer prior to being taken on by Greensill - is the latest of several stories involving the now-collapsed financial firm.
It employed former prime minister David Cameron as an adviser from 2018.
The Financial Times and the Sunday Times revealed that Mr Cameron had contacted several ministers, including Chancellor Rishi Sunak, to push for greater involvement in government loans schemes for the company.
Boris Johnson has set up an inquiry into lobbying - attempts to persuade governments to change policy - including Greensill's role.

Greensill: Top civil servant 'joined firm before quitting' - BBC News
 
DJ said:
However, imports of goods from the EU in February showed a weaker rebound of 7.3%, following a 29.7% drop in January.
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Speaking from the coal face; having to import plants has become a costly logistical nightmare.

I won't bore you with the details but for horticulture it has been a disaster.

Which was predicted well over a year ago, but the government dug its heels in and have been totally intransigent.

And if we think its bad now, wait until July the first.

https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/eu-exit-guidance/imports/new-imports-timeline-q-and-a/
 
Ken Baileys Ghost said:
Speaking from the coal face; having to import plants has become a costly logistical nightmare.

I won't bore you with the details but for horticulture it has been a disaster.

Which was predicted well over a year ago, but the government dug its heels in and have been totally intransigent.

And if we think its bad now, wait until July the first.

https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/eu-exit-guidance/imports/new-imports-timeline-q-and-a/
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Do these plants have to be imported? It's just, I deliver to a couple of local nurseries, and they never seem be to operating at full capacity. I know at Stourbank nursery, Wyevale cut the contract a few years a go, and they dropped down to about 25% capacity. I think it's a lot higher now, but they still seem to have empty greenhouses.

I'm far from an expert on plants, It's just something I've noticed locally.
 
According to a newspaper article a member of the commons lobbying watchdog committee operates a lobbying company.

UK conflicts of interest are world leading?
 
more bad smell

Health Secretary Matt Hancock owns shares in a company which was approved as a potential supplier for NHS trusts in England, it has emerged.
In March, he declared he had acquired more than 15% of Topwood Ltd, which was granted the approved status in 2019.
The firm, which specialises in the secure storage, shredding and scanning of documents, also won £300,000 of business from NHS Wales this year.
A government spokesman said there had been no conflict of interest.
He also said the health secretary had acted "entirely properly".
In March this year, Mr Hancock declared in the MPs' register of interests that he had acquired more than 15% of the shares in Topwood, under a "delegated management arrangement".
Public contract records show that the company was awarded a place in the Shared Business Services framework as a potential supplier for NHS local trusts in 2019, the year after Mr Hancock became health secretary.
The MPs' register did not mention that his sister Emily Gilruth - involved in the firm since its foundation in 2002 - owns a larger portion of the shares and is a director, or that Topwood has links to the NHS
Matt Hancock owns shares in NHS-approved firm - BBC News

A former head of the Civil Service has said he is "baffled" that approval was given for a top civil servant to take a job at Greensill Capital while still on the government payroll.
Lord Kerslake said he could "see no circumstances" under which Bill Crothers's appointment at the finance firm could have been "acceptable".
Greensill: Ex-Civil Service boss 'baffled' by business links - BBC News
 
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