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Big names call on government to adopt RetroFirst reforms A host of big names in architecture and the built environment have called on the government to adopt the recommendations of the AJ RetroFirst campaign A letter to the Times newspaper, published on Saturday, said the government ‘cannot ignore our wasteful addiction to demolition and rebuilding’, particularly amid preparations for the UK to host the COP26 climate summit later this year. The letter was signed by 35 individuals including Doreen Lawrence, Norman Foster, David Chipperfield, Thomas Heatherwick, Amin Taha, Sadie Morgan and ...

Published: 1:03 PM January 13, 2021    Ex-Autonomy software entrepreneur Mike Lynch pictured at Ipswich Waterfront. He faces the threat of extradition to the US on fraud charges which he denies - Credit: Andy Abbott Ex ministers and former business leaders have lined up to defend a Suffolk tech entrepreneur from extradition to the United States. Mike Lynch faces fraud charges in the US after it was claimed he overstated the value of his Cambridge-based software firm Autonomy ahead of an £8bn sale to Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2011. The deal went sour and ended in acrimony and accusations, an...

'Following the science' rhetoric led to delay to UK COVID-19 lockdown, face mask rules Also: Would have been great if they'd chatted to an epidemiologist about Eat Out to Help Out project Lindsay Clark Mon 21 Dec 2020 // 14:15 UTC Share Copy The UK government's insistence that it was simply "following the science" during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic was a big factor in the costly delay to the nation's first lockdown and postponed the introduction of face masks rules, according to an independent report. The Institute for Government, a thinktank, said that d...