The Daily Mail – ‘Parents face new nappy tax’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Daily Mail – ‘Parents face new nappy tax’
The Daily Mail reports that disposable nappies could be taxed to encourage parents to switch to green alternatives. A Whitehall source tells the paper that nappies are the next single-use plastic item the government is looking at targeting – but an outright ban would be “too tough for parents”, so a form of tax is being considered instead.
Today's Headlines
Mr Johnson is entering one of the most critical weeks !
Johnson faces vote of no confidence: Senior Tories wage war on PM ahead of critical week
Global war of words over China
The Daily Mail: A war of words has broken out over a new nuclear submarine pact between the UK, US and Australia aimed at combatting China – with Beijing denouncing their ‘Cold War mentality’, France fuming after its $90bn sub contract with Canberra was torn up, and New Zealand and Canada side-lined from the deal.
Daily Mail – ‘At last Boris wields the axe’
The Daily Mail says PM Boris Johnson “stamped his authority” on the cabinet with a “brutal” reshuffle, which the paper says was designed to get him a second term in power.
Daily Mail – ‘Suprise! It’s back to panic stations’
The prime minister has paved the way for new coronavirus restrictions this winter, according to the Daily Mail.
Met Police sergeant’s son, 20, who escaped prosecution for killing two men
Met Police sergeant’s son, 20, who escaped prosecution for killing two men while drug-driving in his father’s Audi is being sued by one of their families in a £200,000 private lawsuit A police officer’s son who killed two men while drug-driving is being sued for more than £200,000 by one of their families. Max Coopey, then 17, was at the wheel of his Met Police sergeant father’s sports car on August 2, 2018, when he
Eco-mob grinds M25 London to a HALT: Furious drivers clash with XR splinter group
Angry motorists tried to pull climate change protesters off the road today after they caused chaos across five different sections of the M25 London by blocking junctions, lanes and slip roads during the morning rush hour. Dozens of demonstrators from Insulate Britain, a new offshoot of Extinction Rebellion (XR), brought major disruption – with one flashpoint taking place near junction 20 at Kings Langley in Hertfordshire as a group sat by traffic lights. M25 London Protests by
