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Thursday newspaper round-up: Passport Office, Brexit checks, Elon Musk, BT, windfall tax
The private company behind the Passport Office’s contact centre has been ordered to hire more staff to ease “unacceptable” delays. Teleperformance, the French-owned multinational that is responsible for call handling, has been “urgently tasked to add additional staff” by the Home Office, which is trying to avert a summer of chaos. - The Times.
Wednesday newspaper round-up: Covid loan fraud, Brexit costs, tax rises, Tesla, TalkTV
Suitcases filled with cash from taxpayer-backed Covid loans were seized at the border as people tried to smuggle them out of the country, a Times investigation reveals today. Border force officials have stopped people at airports across Britain “carrying large amounts of money suspected from coronavirus bounce-back loans”, a Home Office source said. - The Times.
Tuesday newspaper round-up: Twitter, Elon Musk, Bulb, Brexit exports, China lockdowns
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter offers shareholders the “best path forward”, its chairman declared last night after bowing to the billionaire’s $44 billion bid. The social media group dropped its resistance and approved the Tesla chief executive’s initial offer of $54. 20 per share. - The Times.
Friday newspaper round-up: BBC licence fee, Gazprom, Amazon, Apple, inflation
Ministers have formally signalled the death of the licence fee after deciding to overhaul the BBC’s 100-year-old funding model. In the first big update to British broadcasting laws for nearly 20 years, the government said it would set out a timetable for a review of the licence fee over the coming months, during which alternatives would be considered. - The Times.
Monday newspaper round-up: French elections, British Airways, Partygate, Twitter, non-doms
Emmanuel Macron won a resounding victory against Marine Le Pen in the presidential run-off, becoming the first French modern head of state to secure re-election while holding executive power. Macron, 44, won with 58. 5 percent of the vote against Le Pen’s 41. 5 per cent after an aggressive second-round campaign in which he cast the leader of the National Rally as a far-right threat to democracy and European security. - The Times.
Friday newspaper round-up: Partygate, consumer confidence, Shanghai lockdown, Twitter, Brexit checks
Boris Johnson was forced to submit to a third investigation over lockdown parties yesterday after facing a “revolt” by junior ministers who threatened to resign rather than back him. The Times understands that at least six members of the government told whips they could not support a Downing Street plan that would have put off a decision on holding a parliamentary investigation into the events. - The Times.
Newspaper round-up: Tax havens, Battle for Donbas, UAE hackers, civil servants, streaming services, Partygate
G20 countries are being urged by a group of renowned economists to use the crackdown on oligarchs' wealth amid Ukraine sanctions as a spur to tackle tax havens once and for all. An open letter sent to the 20 finance ministers before they meet on Tuesday called on them to implement a global register to link assets, companies and structures to their owners so they could no longer deprive countries of what they owed. - Guardian.