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UK News: UK foreign secretary, asked about calling the US president-elect a ‘sociopath’, says ‘there are things I know now that I didn’t know back then’
This is what David Lammy, the foreign secretary, told the BBC’s Newscast podcast about how the government would respond to Donald Trump’s plan to impose tariffs of at least 10% on imports from Britain and other countries. Economists say this could halve UK growth.
Asked if the government would seek an exemption, Lammy said he hoped Trump would realise his plan would be counter-productive. He said:
We will seek to ensure and to get across to the United States – and I believe that they would understand this – that hurting your closest allies cannot be in your medium or long term interests.
Not even vaguely. I’ve got to say, I found him to be a very gracious host.
He did offer me a second portion of chicken. He was very generous, very gracious, very keen to make sure that we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings. He was funny. He was warm about the UK. Very warm about the royal family. I’ve got to tell you, [he] loves Scotland …
I suppose what I’m saying is I’ve met the man and in the end diplomacy – actually, just common manners – is in particular building relationships [with] people. And I think he’s someone that we can build a relationship with in our national interest because we must.
He didn’t seem to think it mattered a few weeks ago.
Look, I think that what you say as a backbencher and what you do wearing the the real duty of public office are two different things. And I am foreign secretary. There are things I know now that I didn’t know back then, and that’s the truth of it. Continue reading…
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UK News: Firm issues another profit warning after review into ‘understated’ build costs in south division
Shares in the FTSE 100 housebuilder Vistry plunged on Friday after it issued a second profit warning in as many months and said cost overruns on building projects were worse than previously thought.
Vistry was the top faller on the blue chip index of stocks, with shares down 18%, wiping about £500m off the value of the company. Continue reading…
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Cambridgeshire trial found workers’ performance improved and staff turnover fell, while London Underground also plans to introduce four-day week option
Councils in England will have the right to adopt a four-day working week after the government dropped concerns raised by the Conservatives when they were in power.
For more than a year, South Cambridgeshire district council has defied Conservative opposition to its policy to introduce a four-day working week, after a controversial 15-month trial indicated in March that the performance of its workers mostly improved or remained the same, while the council simultaneously saved more than £370,000 in a year.
Staff turnover fell by 39%, helping save £371,500 in a year, mostly on agency staff costs.
Regular household planning applications were decided about a week and a half earlier.
Approximately 15% more major planning application decisions were completed within the correct timescale.
The time taken to process changes to housing benefit and council tax benefit claims fell. Continue reading…
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