
The Home Office has not confirmed any such plan, but Mr Khan said his office had been "recently made aware of Home Office proposals to use the Royal Docks".
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The east London docks was named in reports this week as a potential new site to house asylum seekers as part of government efforts to crack down on Channel crossings. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said he opposes "in the strongest possible terms" any Home Office plans to moor another barge housing asylum seekers at the city's Royal Docks. Consumers should not expect protection from the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) or Financial Ombudsman Service if something goes wrong." "Consumers should only invest in cryptoassets if they understand the risks involved and are prepared to lose all their money. The regulator's policy statement on financial promotion rules for cryptoassets said: "Even when the financial promotions regime comes into force, cryptoassets will remain high risk and largely unregulated. "We have had such a success in our history of being leaders for where there is change in industry and we absolutely have to see that Britain is a centre for how we take advantage of the opportunities of AI."įirst-time investors in crypto assets will be offered a 24-hour cooling-off period as part of a wider crackdown on advertising in the industry by the UK’s financial regulator.įirst-time investors in cryptoassets should be offered a 24-hour cooling-off period by those marketing them, according to the City regulator.Ī new advertising crackdown being launched by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will mean firms marketing cryptoassets to UK consumers will need to introduce a cooling-off period for first-time investors from 8 October. "We had some debates in parliament around this recently and the important thing absolutely is that we, Britain, is at the centre of this creation of the future. "Let me congratulate Rishi Sunak on finally catching up," she said. Ms Malhotra was then asked about Rishi Sunak's announcement that the UK will host the first global summit on artificial intelligence security. "If we want to see us having that home-grown clean, green energy by 2030, that will bring down permanently bills for households and for businesses, then we need to make a different choice now." But what we also believe is that you've got to make choices now for how we invest to change our energy mix for the long term. "We know it's an industry that's already starting to be in decline and that we will expect those fields to be operational up until sort of 2050 or so. She reiterated that Labour doesn't want to see new licences for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea, "but that doesn't mean it is going to see an end to oil and gas straight away". Seema Malhotra, the Labour MP for Feltham and Heston, today insisted that her party is "absolutely" on the side of working people in oil and gas. In December 2021, former prime minister Boris Johnson appointed Baroness Hallett as chair of the inquiry into the COVIDpandemic. Later that year, she was appointed to conduct individual fatality investigations assigned to her from time to time, with her agreement, by the Ministry of Defence. She was then appointed as the chair of the Security Vetting Appeals Panel in April 2019. In 2015, she was appointed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to conduct a review into "On the Runs" - which examined over 200 people who were told they were no longer wanted for paramilitary crimes committed before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement. In 2013, she was appointed vice-president of the Court of Appeal Criminal Division.īaroness Hallett also acted as coroner at the inquest into the London bombings of 7 July 2005. In 1998 she became the first woman to chair the Bar Council, the lead representative body for barristers in England and Wales.Īccording to the government website, after becoming a Presiding Judge, Baroness Hallett was then promoted to the Court of Appeal in 2005. Heather Carol Hallett, 73, is a former Court of Appeal judge.

The inquiry was set up to help the government and public figure out the lessons that can be learned from the UK's handling of the coronavirus crisis. Baroness Heather Hallett is leading the inquiry looking at the UK's response to the COVID pandemic.
