UK Government

UK Funds £166m Cash For Green Technology Drive

  • The green technology required to help the UK meet its world-leading climate targets has been given a £166.5 million cash injection.
  • UK government powering ahead with ambitious commitments set out in the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a green revolution just 6 months ago.

According to an article published in Gov.UK, the UK government has announced a £166.5m ($236.3m) cash boost to help drive the development of green technology, including carbon capture, greenhouse gas removal and...

https://mfame.guru/uk-funds-166m-cash-for-green-technology-drive/

Coronavirus Contracts Worth £3.7bn Raise Corruption Concerns

Coronavirus contracts awarded by the UK government worth more than £3.7bn raise a red flag for possible corruption, says an article on News sky.

Favored those with political access

Transparency International UK says that how the government handled bids for supplying personal protective equipment (PPE) and other pandemic contracts appeared to favor those with political access.

The independent anti-corruption organization identified 73 contracts worth more than £3.7bn – equivalent to 20% of all...

https://mfame.guru/coronavirus-contracts-worth-3-7bn-raise-corruption-concerns/

Unmet Financial Needs Making Britain’s Poorest Areas Suffer Worst in COVID

  • Top secret UK government analysis reveals the poorest parts of the country having the biggest covid outbreak.
  • Socioeconomic inequality is cited as a reason for this.
  • Low wages, cramped housing making it difficult for people to self isolate.
  • In areas such as Blackburn people seeking financial help to self isolate are being denied help.
  • Areas with more public service workers like taxi drivers, supermarket workers etc are more prone to infection.
  • Deprivation and ethnicity have been marked as risk...

https://mfame.guru/unmet-financial-needs-making-britains-poorest-areas-suffer-worst-in-covid/

[Watch] UK Rolls Out Rapid COVID19 Tests for Asymptomatic People

  • The UK will next week roll out regular rapid testing for people with no Covid-19 symptoms, according to health secretary Matt Hancock.
  • The community testing regime – expanded to cover all 317 local authorities – uses rapid lateral flow tests, which can return results in 30 minutes.
  • Local councils are being encouraged to prioritise tests for those who cannot work from home during the lockdown.
  • The health secretary said asymptomatic testing can help break transmission.

Regular rapid testing for...

https://mfame.guru/watch-uk-rolls-out-rapid-covid19-tests-for-asymptomatic-people/

UK Restricts Passengers Without Negative COVID-19 Test

Airlines flying into the UK will be required to bar passengers from boarding if they do not have a negative COVID test within 72 hours of departure, reports Reuters.

Passengers should test negative

Travelers will need test negative within 72 hours of departure, with a move following criticism of Government’s failure to close borders.

Every traveler coming into any UK port or airport will be expected to have a negative PCR test to enter the UK as part of a significant toughening of border controls,...

https://mfame.guru/uk-restricts-passengers-without-negative-covid-19-test/

Rusting & Abandoned Oil Tanker At Risk of Oil Spill

  • An abandoned oil tanker is currently at risk of spilling 157,000 tonnes of crude oil into the Red Sea.
  • Labour calls for immediate action from the UK government to ‘protect people and planet’.
  • Shadow ministers warn off the Safer FSO Oil tanker due to its long-running humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
  • The rapid structural deterioration as a result of neglect of the ship has meant that the decomposing tanker is significantly vulnerable to a breach and spillage.

A recent news report written by Elliot...

https://mfame.guru/rusting-abandoned-oil-tanker-at-risk-of-oil-spill/

UK government KAPs it all with its plan to solve post-Brexit truck queues

It is a common refrain among political sketch writers that writing satire is virtually dead – simply transcribe the speeches of Trump or Johnson, or for that matter Liz Truss (CHEESE!) – and you’re done; the laughs, or tears, generate themselves.
And so to the UK government’s solution to its Brexit doom scenario of 7,000-strong lorry queues to Dover next year: the Kent Access Permit, or KAP.
Let’s just put an R …

The post UK government KAPs it all with its plan to solve post-Brexit truck queues...

https://theloadstar.com/uk-government-kaps-it-all-with-its-plan-to-solve-post-brexit-truck-queues/

Oceanology International: UK Government approves exhibitions from October 1st, 2020

Oceanology International: UK Government approves exhibitions from October 1st, 2020
London UK – The UK Government have announced that from October 1st, 2020 B2B exhibitions will once again be held in England. This much-anticipated news opens the doors for domestic and international business delegates from around the world to meet and share ideas, renew essential contacts and further innovation.

Oceanology International (Oi) 2020 is set to take place at ExCel London from 1-3 December 2020, which...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/07/27/oceanology-international-uk-government-approves-exhibitions-from-october-1st-2020/

Industry Group urges the UK Government to exempt all offshore energy sector workers from its Quarantine restrictions

Industry Group urges the UK Government to exempt all offshore energy sector workers from its Quarantine restrictions

The global Offshore Industry Group, comprising IADC, IAGC, IMCA, IOGP and ISOA urges the UK Government to exempt all offshore energy sector workers from the 14-day quarantine restrictions introduced on 8 June.

The Group has the support of the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization’s Secretary-General for its Recommendations (IMO Circular Letter 4204/Add.13) calling...

https://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/06/11/industry-group-urges-the-uk-government-to-exempt-all-offshore-energy-sector-workers-from-its-quarantine-restrictions/

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