LONDON (AP) — A masked attacker on a motorcycle stabbed and seriously injured a British army officer in daylight near a barracks in southeast England, witnesses and police said Wednesday. A 24-year-old man was arrested soon after on suspicion of attempted murder, Kent police said. Police said the assailant acted alone and the stabbing was...
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Britain borrows more than expected, underscoring task for new government
The borrowing figure for June was 2.9 billion pounds higher than expected by Britain’s budget watchdog. | Photo: PTI 2 min read Last Updated : Jul 19 2024 | 1:03 PM IST Britain’s government borrowed a lot more than expected in June, according to official data published on Friday that highlighted the budget challenges...
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Globally-mobile millionaires threaten to leave Britain over tax revamp
The Labour government reckons it can raise an extra 5 billion pounds a year by tackling domestic tax avoidance. Photo: Pexels 6 min read Last Updated : Jul 19 2024 | 12:34 PM IST For ultra-wealthy entrepreneur Bassim Haidar, living in London has become an expensive indulgence he can no longer justify. While...
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European leaders discuss migration and Ukraine at a UK summit as concern grows about direction of US
WOODSTOCK, England (AP) — Leaders from across Europe expressed support for Ukraine and concern about the direction of the United States on Thursday at a security-focused summit clouded by worries about whether the U.S. will remain a reliable ally if Donald Trump wins a second presidency. Newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed around...
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UK’s top climate body urges Starmer government to act ‘fast,’ and said THIS about Sunak
The United Kingdom’s top climate change advisory body, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), has issued a stark warning to Keir Starmer’s new Labour government, urging it to act “fast” to put Britain on target to meet its 2030 climate targets. It pointed out that the UK has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 68...
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Extra union power! WFH for all! Easier strikes! How WILL Starmer’s new ‘red revolution’ burdens on firms ever help Britain grow?
Labour‘s workers’ rights revolution will cost jobs and choke growth, ministers were warned last night. Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to ‘unlock growth and take the brakes off Britain’. But the Prime Minister was warned that a radical package of employment rights championed by his deputy Angela Rayner could have the opposite effect. Unveiled...
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Labour to launch state-owned Great British Energy in £8.3bn market intervention
Labour is pushing ahead with plans to launch a state-owned energy company backed up with £8.3bn of taxpayer funds, in one of the biggest market interventions for decades. In the King’s Speech, Sir Keir Starmer’s new Government confirmed that Great British Energy will develop, own and operate energy projects such as wind farms, using public...
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UK’s new government announces legislation for ‘national renewal’ as Parliament opens with royal pomp
LONDON – Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. Stabilizing the U.K.’s public finances and spurring economic growth were at the center of Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
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UK launches armed forces review after NATO summit – World News
LONDON U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer — just back from a NATO summit — launched on Tuesday a review of Britain’s armed forces to set out a path to increasing defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP. The ministry of defence said the “Strategic Defence Review” would begin work “immediately in recognition of the urgency of the...
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Britain will be an Islamist country under Labour, claims Trump VP pick
Donald Trump’s pick for vice-president has said Labour will turn the UK into the world’s first Islamist nuclear power. JD Vance, who was nominated to be Trump’s running mate at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday, made the comments at last week’s National Conservatism Conference. His reference to Labour’s landslide victory could complicate...
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UK launches armed forces review after NATO summit
Jul 16, 2024 04:33 AM IST UK launches armed forces review after NATO summit UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer just back from a NATO summit launched on Tuesday a review of Britain’s armed forces to set out a path to increasing defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP. UK launches armed forces review after NATO...
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EU and Britain hold first talks to ‘reset’ ties after UK vote
“As we work to reset the relationship, we discussed strengthening security and economic cooperation – to create a safer and more prosperous Europe,” Thomas-Symonds wrote on X. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin on Sunday. Photo: AFP Sefcovic described the meeting as constructive and said he was “looking forward to our cooperation”. Britain’s new...