Labour’s landslide brought a new party to power for the first time in 14 years. (Photo: Reuters) 3 min read Last Updated : Jul 06 2024 | 7:42 AM IST Great Britain’s Labour Party has defeated the Conservatives in a historic parliamentary election for control of the nation’s government. With most votes counted, here’s a...
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UK’s newly-elected Parliament most diverse ever except at the top
The new cabinet’s demographic may already be influencing policies previously avoided by the Conservatives, such as removing a tax break for private schools and using the funds to employ more teachers. (Photo: Reuters) 4 min read Last Updated : Jul 06 2024 | 7:23 AM IST By Siraj Datoo British voters elected the largest...
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Number of working-age males saying they ‘don’t want a job’ has soared by 600,000 since Covid to 3.1MILLION
Concerns about Britain’s inactivity crisis were underlined today with figures showing a spike in the number of men who do not want a job. Stark details in the latest official statistics revealed that 3.165million males aged between 16 and 64 indicated they are out of the workforce by choice. That is up from 2.5million before...
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How Europe and Britain are getting ready for ‘WWIII’: Interactive graphic reveals how West will stop Putin unleashing Armageddon, with nukes at Russia’s doorstep, mass conscription at 18 and arms factories firing up
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 saw the horrors of a large-scale war darken Europe’s doorstep for the first time since the end of World War II. For a short while, hope endured that a swift resolution to the conflict would materialise, but before long the prospect of a speedy diplomatic solution lay in...
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From the fashion designer who set up her own clothes business, to the thousands left homeless and struggling to find jobs: As the world marks two years since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the refugees who started a new life in Britain
Ukrainian refugees have told MailOnline their stories of starting a new life in Britain, with some thriving after setting up their own businesses but others struggling to find jobs and housing. Today marks two years since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 – prompting more than 200,000 Ukrainians to flee to Britain in the face...
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British nuclear submarine missile MISFIRES and ‘plops’ into the ocean as Defence Secretary watches on in latest naval embarrassment
Britain has botched another nuclear submarine test after a Trident missile ‘dramatically misfired’ and crashed into the ocean, it has emerged. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed an ‘anomaly occurred’ during an exercise that took place on January 30 onboard the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Vanguard. The Trident 2 successfully ‘left the submarine’, but its...
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FBI director warns China’s computer attacks are now at a ‘scale greater than we’d seen before’ as vulnerable critical infrastructure remains at high-risk to be targeted
China‘s cyber attacks have grown to a ‘scale greater than we’d seen before’, the FBI director has advised amid fears that US infrastructure is under threat. Christopher Wray gave the grave warning as intelligence chiefs and politicians met at the Munich annual security conference on Sunday, according to the Wall Street Journal. The wars raging...