Tag: United Kingdom

• Wednesday, September 4th 2024 - 09:53 UTC

  Falklands commemorates Merchant Navy Day and honors the Red Ensign

  

  On Merchant Navy Day, 3 September, the Falkland Islands remember all those merchant seafarers who helped to liberate the Falkland Islands in 1982 and those, past and present, who do so much to keep our waters safe.

• Monday, August 19th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Colombia: Duchess of Sussex speaks in Spanish with Argentine accent

  

  Prince Harry's wife Meghan Markle spoke in Spanish this weekend during an event of Afro-descendant women in Cali alongside Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez. Although she completed her speech in English, he said a few words in the language she had learned while working at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  Baroness Chapman, new FCDO Minister for Latin America and the Caribbean

  

  Baroness Jennifer Chapman of Darlington has been appointed UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 18 July 2024.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

  Falklands Ranger Guides meet the Speaker of the House of Commons

  

  On Tuesday 30th July, a group of Ranger Guides from the Falkland Islands visited the Houses of Parliament to meet with the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:00 UTC

  Labour anticipates a tax increase to fill a £22bn Tory “hole” in UK public finances

  

  UK Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves anticipated that the government of PM Keir Starmer will have to raise some taxes in October's Budget, following the claim on Monday that the previous Tory government left a £22bn “hole” in the public finances.

• Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 08:28 UTC

  Chancellor Reeves at G20 ministers' summit: “Britain is open for business”

  

  United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is expected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to attend the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting on her first international visit since taking office.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 08:36 UTC

  UK policy, funds for aerospace projects but no support for Harland & Wolff

  

  The new Labor government gave a clear indication of its policies and course of action this week when it announced at the Farnborough International Air Show a £103 million funding for aerospace projects, supporting greener travel and thousands of jobs across the UK. This contrasts with the rejection of a guarantee loan for the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 21:17 UTC

  Falkland Islands Represented at UK State Opening of Parliament

  

  Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, attended the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday. This event marked the formal start of the UK Parliamentary year and was highlighted by His Royal Highness King Charles III delivering The King’s Speech, which outlined the new Government’s agenda, proposed policies, and legislation for the coming session.

• Saturday, July 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is on the job and Saturday will hold his first cabinet meeting

  

  Sir Keir Starmer's new cabinet will meet for the first time on Saturday morning - the first full day of Labour being in power, points out a BBC report. Rachel Reeves is the UK's first female chancellor, while Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner is also among a record 11 women in the team of 25. Sir Keir appointed his cabinet on Friday after Labor's landslide election win, and in his first speech as PM said the work of change “begins immediately”.

• Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  UKs Labour wins with a huge majority; Tories in disarray lose votes to Reform, Liberals and Greens

  

  U.K.’s Labour Party is on course to win a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election, putting an end to 14 years of Conservative governments. Labour is forecasted to have a majority of 166 seats in the House of Commons.