Questions over how new No 10 chief of staff will tackle three jobs at once

Questions over how new No 10 chief of staff will tackle three jobs at once

Questions have been asked about how the Prime Minister’s new chief of staff will balance the “24/7” role with also being a Cabinet minister and an MP as Boris Johnson brought new faces into Downing Street following a swathe of resignations. The Prime Minister announced on Saturday that Steve Barclay, the Chancellor of the Duchy … Read more

Mexico plans state lithium company, questions Chinese mine

Mexico plans state lithium company, questions Chinese mine

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Wednesday he will create a state-owned company to mine lithium and appeared to suggest he will seek to cancel one of the few existing permits held by a Chinese company. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had said in October that he wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” … Read more