Wednesday, January 22
A rather cloudy day across the central swathe of the UK with outbreaks of rain. Elsewhere, fog patches gradually lifting allowing some bright or sunny spells to develop, especially across Scotland and Northern Ireland. Temperatures near or slightly below average.
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Friday’s leads report on the war in Ukraine as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer flies to Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden. The meeting is expected to cover whether to give Ukraine permission to fire Western long-range weapons into Russia.
A second, domestic, lead for the papers reports that junk food adverts are going to be banned from TV before 21:00 from October next year.
Many of the newspapers carry images of American billionaire Jared Isaacman after he completed the world’s first commercial spacewalk as part of a SpaceX mission. His words are quoted on several front pages: “The world looks perfect from here.”
The Daily Telegraph has an interview with Foreign Secretary David Lammy who says the UK and US must give Ukraine the weapons it needs to help the country win. Lammy says the coming months will be “crucial” for Kyiv.
The Guardian leads with the prime minister’s comments that President Vladimir Putin could end the conflict in Ukraine “straight away”. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has responded directly to Putin’s threats, the paper says, by saying Russia started this war and could choose to end it at any time.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning that the UK and US will be “at war” with Russia if they allow Ukraine to use their missiles across the border, leads The Times. The paper reports Putin’s comment that it would “change the very nature of the conflict.” forcing Moscow to respond. The paper says the meeting represents a “shift” from the current policy of staying the course – to one looking for some form of end to the conflict.
The Mail reports on plans for a pre-watershed ban on junk food advertising and a total ban on paid advertising online. The measures are part of a bid to crackdown on child obesity but the paper calls it a “new era of the nanny state” and quotes critics saying it won’t do much to help people lose weight.
The Times says the ban will be the first of several tough public health measures that ministers believe will be essential to helping to sort out the dire state of the NHS.
The i reports that campaigners have welcomed the move which will see junk food ads banned from TV before 21:00. Health experts and campaigners believe will “shield children.”
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The UK has been ranked as the second most attractive country to invest in by global CEOs, behind only the US, as British CEOs feel confident about growth in the country’s economy.
This is the first time that the UK has been ranked second in the 28-year history of PwC’s CEO Survey.
“Our CEO survey findings are a vote of confidence in the UK as a place for business and investment,” said Marco Amitrano, senior partner at PwC UK.
“The UK’s relative stability at a time of instability should not be underestimated, nor should its strength in key sectors including technology.”
https://www.cityam.com/uk-ranked-second-best-investment-target-by-global-ceos/
Sir Keir is in Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, as allies of Kyiv discuss giving Ukraine permission to fire their missiles at targets inside Russia.
This will be seen as an escalation by Putin. He told Russian state television that this would “mean nothing other than the direct participation of NATO countries – the US and European countries – in the war in Ukraine.”
Alongside the license Starmer will be pledging to give more financial support to Ukraine specifically at a time when the UK is cutting winter fuel payments to grandparents in the UK.
Tesco loses big HR legal case in the Supreme Court, its ‘hire and fire’ appeal after the Supreme Court ruled it cannot terminate its employees’ contracts for the purpose of depriving them of retained payment.
The judge said that employees contracts contained a clause barring the supermarket giant from removing their right to retained pay.
This provides a precedent for that other companies who have been using new contracts to get out of previous liability.
The most important takeaway for employment professionals and HR teams for this case is that communications between unions, employers and employees issued during consultation were held to be relevant to the interpretation of what particular contractual terms actually meant.
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