Tag: UK
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UK inflation accelerates to 41-year high of 11.1%
Britain’s inflation rate rose to a 41-year high in October, fueling demands for the government to do more to ease the nation’s cost-of-living crisis when it ... -
Sunak takes over as prime minister amid economic crisis
Rishi Sunak became Britain’s third prime minister of the year yesterday, tasked with taming an economic crisis that has left the country’s finances in a precarious ... -
Liz Truss’ waning power brings political plots, and jokes
Powerless, humiliated, labeled a “ghost” prime minister and compared unfavorably to a head of lettuce — this is not a good week for Liz Truss. Britain’s ... -
Labour conference starts with focus on ‘immoral’ tax cuts
Britain’s opposition Labour Party opened its annual conference Sunday, with leaders attacking the “immoral” tax-cutting of the new Conservative government. The event, this year taking place ... -
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday (early today, Macau time] after 70 years ... -
Liz Truss: An heir to Thatcher intent on shaking up Britain
As a child, Liz Truss marched in demonstrations against Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As an adult, she came to admire Britain’s first female leader — ... -
Two leadership contenders spar over tax in TV debate
The two candidates vying to be Britain’s next prime minister sparred yesterday [Macau time] over how to help families struggling with the soaring cost of living, ... -
Inflation surges to new 40-year high of 9.4%
Inflation in the United Kingdom has accelerated to a new 40-year high, driven by rising food and fuel prices that are contributing to a cost-of-living crisis. ... -
Police open inquiry into Farah trafficking revelations
London’s Metropolitan Police Service has opened an investigation into four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah’s revealed that he was trafficked to the U.K. as a child. The ... -
Economy shows unexpectedly strong growth in May
Britain’s economy showed unexpectedly strong growth in May, with the three major components of production— manufacturing, construction and services — all posting gains. The Office for ... -
Gov’t touts financial aid as it aims to banish ‘partygate’
The British government unveiled a multibillion-pound package yesterday to ease a severe cost-of-living squeeze, announcing the plan a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed to ... -
UK sanctuary offer for Hong Kong activists is great if you can afford it
In August 2019, Sophia’s hip was broken in clashes with Hong Kong police during a protest against China’s encroaching control over the city. In December that ... -
Portugal halts flights to UK over virus variant
Portugal is stopping flights to and from the United Kingdom from tomorrow (Saturday), blaming a COVID-19 variant first identified in the U.K. for a devastating surge ... -
UK | PM bets 2 million vaccine shots a week will end lockdown
Boris Johnson pinned his hopes for a national recovery on a plan to deliver 2 million coronavirus vaccinations a week, as the U.K. went back into ... -
Analysis| Irksome in Iceland, brusque in Britain? US envoys draw ire
In Iceland, a nation so safe its president runs errands on a bicycle, U.S. Ambassador Jeffery Ross Gunter has left locals aghast with his request to ... -
The real reason to pull down Churchill’s statue
Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics briefly united the world in Anglophilia. The Britain celebrated there seemed amused, multicultural, cool — the Britain ... -
Brexit live: Germany’s Merkel says EU is strong enough to find “right answers” to referendum
AP: Live coverage on Britain’s historic vote to leave the European Union (all times are UK time): Just in: Germany’s Merkel says EU is strong enough to ... -
UK | Wife of latest hostage issues plea to militants
The wife of a British aid worker held hostage by the Islamic State group has issued a statement pleading for the militants to release him and ...
