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The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has tonight said the UK needs “several hundred thousand” more workers in light of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s £4billion expansion of free childcare. Speaking with Tom Swarbrick, John Glen highlighted that increasing the workforce can’t be done “overnight” but would allow “parents to get back into work” following paternity leave. “We need several hundred thousand,” Mr Glen admitted when asked on the figures, adding: “This particular measure, we think, will give us sixty thousand.” It comes as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a £4billion expansion of free childcare for one and two-year-olds in the Spring Budget…
Incomes are set to fall dramatically for the average British household following Jeremy Hunt’s Budget announcement, a top economist has warned on LBC. Speaking on Tonight with Andrew Marr, Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), a public body that independently analyses government spending, was expecting a record drop in incomes of nearly 6% over a two-year period. The fall will largely be down to two factors: inflation, which is still rising ahead of earnings, although it is set to come down markedly this year; and high taxes. Mr Johnson…
The Bureau of the Association of African Central Banks (AACB) held its first meeting of 2023 on 9th March 2023 in Dakar, Senegal, at the Headquarters of the Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Quest (BCEAO). The meeting was chaired by the AACB Chairperson, Governor Buah Saidy of the Central Bank of The Gambia, and attended by the Chairpersons and the Vice Chairs of the five sub-regions of the AACB. In attendance was the African Union Commission (AUC). Dr Ernest K.Y. Addison, Governor of Bank of Ghana and Chairman of West African sub-region of the AACB, represented the West…
The Alliance of Drivers has expressed displeasure over the government’s plan to reintroduce road tolls this year. This follows the letter from the Ministry of Finance to the Minister for Roads and Highways on proposed toll rates for confirmation. But according to the drivers, excessive dust and dirt on the roads, unnecessary congestion and traffic, and high cost of fuel as a result of a delay in traffic among others were the reasons they had called for the scrapping of the toll collection. They said these situations have greatly improved since the tolls were abolished about a year ago. A…
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned bartenders and the public against the excessive use of dry ice in the preparation of cocktails as it can be detrimental to their health if not handled carefully. The use of dry ice in cocktails has become increasingly popular in recent years, as it adds a unique and impressive visual effect to many cocktails because of the dramatic “smoking” effect it creates. In a health note issued by the Authority and copied to the Ghana News Agency, Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the FDA explained that when dry…
Ghana Tollbooth Workers Union (GTBU) has welcomed the government’s decision to reintroduce road tolls nationwide. According to the Chairman, Henry Dogbe, this is good news and will alleviate their hardships after languishing in poverty for several months about 800 toll workers were disengaged. Mr Dogbe disclosed this in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem following the announcement of proposed rates ahead of the reopening of tollbooths nationwide. The government stopped the collection of road tolls in November 2021 after an announcement in the 2022 budget. The reintroduction of the levy was, however, contained in the 2023 Budget presented to Parliament in November 2022.…
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin is urging legislators around the world to promote tolerance and inclusive development when enacting legislation. According to him, such actions would promote prosperity and peaceful coexistence in societies. He spoke at the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union in Manama, Bahrain under the theme “Promoting peaceful coexistence and inclusive societies: fighting intolerance”. In his address, Alban Bagbin urged lawmakers around the world to enact laws that foster tolerant and inclusive development. “As legislators, it behoves on us to create tolerance and inclusiveness through the laws that we make through the oversight responsibility of the executive to ensure…
8-year-old Ehornam Mattson has been forced by his stepmother Lencia Akompi popularly called Maa Yaa, to sit in hot water, which has resulted in open wounds on his buttocks. The incident happened at Abokobi in the Greater Accra region. It is reported that the little boy had complained of itches on his buttocks to his stepmother. She then forced him to sit on the hot water as a means of treatment. He can only lie flat on his belly to eat according to his real mother, Florence, who was once married to Ehornam’s father, Frederick Mattson. According to her, she…
Newton Kwaku Boateng, 48 years old Ghanaian businessman living in South Africa has been poisoned to death. After losing their brother suddenly, the surviving family members of Newton Kwaku Boateng had a lot of questions about how he died. Suspecting foul play Boateng’s family have expressed anger and despair at the death of their relative, saying their relative was poisoned by someone close to him. Mr. Godwin Attipoe who spoke on behalf of Newton’s Family in Ghana said “We are so devastated. We are so angry. We are so heartbroken, said a family member, as he choked back tears when…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the government intends to extend its Gold-for-Oil policy to cover all oil imports before 2024. According to him, the programme applies to only 60% of imports, and the government was making efforts to expand the initiative. Speaking at a forum organized by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transformation (BOST) company in Accra on Wednesday, March 15, Dr Bawumia said: “The most important aspect of the gold-for-oil policy is not just the reduction in fuel prices, but the most important aspect is the savings in foreign exchange that the Bank of Ghana will…
