The rent waiver for industrial, office and agricultural tenants of government agencies will be increased to one month, from the 0.5 month announced in the Resilience package last month. “The Government will continue to lead by example in supporting tenants,” Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat said in Parliament yesterday as he announced the Solidarity […]
Richard Burgon, Labour MP for East Leeds, posted a large list of policies that he was “proud of developing” during his time as Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary – after he failed to keep his job in Sir Keir Starmer’s top team on Monday. However, he was quickly criticised for not wishing Boris Johnson well. One […]
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock extended his stay-at-home order to combat the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 16 people in the city. “I know this isn’t easy, but given the current data and advice from experts about the spread of COVID-19 these are the actions that will get us on the other side of […]
This weekend Sir Keir Starmer was elected the new leader of the Labour Party following Jeremy Corbyn’s resignation. Sir Keir won with 56.2 percent of the vote. In a recorded video message following his victory, Sir Keir said it is the “honour and privilege of [his] life” to be the next leader of the Labour […]
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin is set to hold in-person voting next week after the state’s legislature on Saturday declined to take up an effort delaying the presidential primary due to the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s Republican-controlled legislature quickly ended special weekend sessions without taking action on a call by Democratic Governor Tony Evers to make […]
An anti-abortion group did not turn in enough valid signatures to place a 22-week abortion ban on Colorado’s November ballot, the Secretary of State’s Office says. The group, Due Date Too Late, will now have 15 days to collect more signatures. Because of a Denver judge’s order Thursday in favor of the activists, those 15 […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday that he is firing the inspector general of the U.S. intelligence community who was involved in triggering an impeachment probe of the president last year. In a letter to key lawmakers, Trump said he planned to remove the official, Michael Atkinson, in 30 days, […]
SINGAPORE – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will address the nation at 4pm on Friday (April 3), saying in a Facebook post that the Government will take additional steps to control the Covid-19 situation. “Since Covid-19, we have responded to the crisis calmly and systematically, planning ahead and adjusting our measures as the situation changed. […]
Party bosses will announce tomorrow who has won the race to take over from the hard- Left socialist. Sir Keir Starmer is the strong favourite to see off the challenge of Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy. In a video message to his supporters, released as ballots closed at noon yesterday, the Shadow Brexit Secretary said: “With the […]
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick said that if people stick to official government advice then numbers would fall – relieving pressure on the NHS. Offering a glimmer of hope to worried families he told the BBC: “If we all adhere to the measures then there is reason to believe they will begin to flatten the curve and […]