Category: News


Trustpilot plans £1bn float in London


The Danish founder of Trustpilot hailed the “smart money” in London’s technology scene yesterday as his company announced plans for a £1 billion float in the city. Peter Mühlmann said that a listing in London was “the right thing for us” and that “many good listings” from other tech companies would follow. Trustpilot is the first large company from the European Union to announce plans to float in London this year. In doing so, it has provided a boost to the city’s status after it lost share-trading and derivatives business to Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt in the weeks after the Brexit transition period ended on December 31.

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/trustpilot-plans-to-float-in-london-pmkt0nqkx

Can Reform survive the rift between Farage and Lowe?


Sometimes politics throws up a happening of quite exquisite irony. Lee Anderson suspending the whip from Rupert Lowe, his party’s most outspoken MP.

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-reform-survive-the-rift-between-farage-and-lowe/

 


UK hotter than Costa del Sol on warmest weekend of the year


The UK’s warmest days of the year arrived this weekend, with temperatures reaching almost 20C in parts of the country. Temperatures topped 19.7C in Crosby near Liverpool and 18.7C in Harwarden in north Wales, while Killowen in Northern Ireland saw 17.2C and Threave in western Scotland recorded 17.3C.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddymq71zq5o

What will defence spending boost mean for British military?


It is exciting when a government department receives a huge sum of money, particularly when the Prime Minister calls it the “biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/25/what-will-defence-spending-boost-mean-for-british-military/

 


UK bans Kremlin-linked elites in bid to pile pressure on Putin


The home secretary will on Monday warn Kremlin-linked elites pose a ‘real and present danger to our way of life’ and outline plans to ban them from the UK.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/putin-russia-ukraine-sanctions-zelensky-b2703186.html

 


Starmer’s peacekeeping plan is doomed to fail


Sir Keir Starmer says his proposal to deploy British forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal brokered with Moscow is designed to safeguard Ukraine’s sovereignty.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02/19/starmers-peacekeeping-plan-is-doomed-to-fail/

 


UK inflation jumps to 3% in blow to Rachel Reeves


Inflation in the UK rose faster than expected last month to its highest level in nearly a year, casting doubt on the Bank of England’s capacity to lower borrowing costs and dealing a fresh blow to Rachel Reeves’s growth push.

https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/economics/article/inflation-rate-uk-news-january-2025-ons-latest-lj507gksj