The Tories say the victims of Grenfell didn’t have common sense. I’ll tell you what’s common sense: Don’t put flammable cladding on people’s homes. Don’t close fire stations and don't cut fire fighters. And don’t ignore residents when they tell you their home is a death trap.

Stamp duty cut (Eng & NI only). Still tbc but it looks like... Under £500k no duty Next £425k (ie up to £925k) charged at 5% Next £575k (ie up to £1.5m) charged at 10% Above that 12% So a £600,000 property pays 5% of £100,000 ie £5,000 rather than £20,000 #SummerStatement

Travel bans extended as United Arab Emirates, Burundi and Rwanda added to red list to prevent spread of new variant gov.uk/government/new…

This woman didn’t mince her words , I love her vibe of “I said , what I said”… a must watch video and the entire world should listen! “Africa stand up” #covid

#Emirates #Emirates So disappointed with Emirates afters years of flying with them its time for a change as the service seems to be getting worse. Queuing at Heathrow moving from one place to another and no management in site to help for 2 hours

@tsipras_eu what will you be holding a referendum on. There no bailout anymore

@tsipras_eu True you have listed to your people, but your people haven't been told the truth about how things are going to be.

@tsipras_eu stop talking about dignity. The fact that the greek govt can't do their jobs right & haven't invested in growth is why u r here

@tsipras_eu stop using slogans like dignity! If you had any you wouldn't have asked for extn of bailout. You would payback in time

Glencore to cut annual zinc production by a third: on.ft.com/1jexbgV #FT

VPS Healthcare walks away from Al Noor bid

Mediclinic pares drop as VPS says it wont make offer for Al Noor

Courtesy of ECB doing less stimulus than expected the FTSE has fallen from 6441 to 6349 in an hour - down 1.44%