Tag: United Kingdom

Friday, June 30th 2023 - 11:03 UTC
Setback for PM Sunak: Courts rejects policy deporting migrants to Rwanda

Three judges at the Court of Appeals in London ruled on Thursday that the UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda was unlawful as it cannot be treated as a safe third country.
Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 02:25 UTC
UK pension funds in the limelight because of massive investments in fossil fuel firms

Controversy in the UK over pension funds and London's commitment to keep to the Paris Agreement goals. In effect this Wednesday, the climate finance campaign Make My Money Matter revealed that UK’s pension funds should review their US$ $112 billion (£88 billion) worth of investment in equities and bonds of fossil fuel firms, as the funds are not anywhere near on track for aligning their portfolios to the Paris Agreement goals.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 08:41 UTC
Parades and fly-pasts to celebrate UK Armed Forces Day

Parades and fly-pasts were just some of the events that took place across the UK on Saturday as part of Armed Forces Day celebrations to thank the military community for their service.
Friday, June 23rd 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Upheaval in UK mortgage market: banks and building societies to meet Chancellor Hunt

Following on Thursday interest rate hike by the Bank of England, BBC is reporting that banks and building societies are to meet Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to discuss the upheaval in the mortgage market.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:14 UTC
Partygate: MPs will vote on Boris Johnson's political future on Monday

MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offenses with his Partygate denials, according to a report from BBC.
Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
UK Parliament consulting Falklands Legislative Assembly on Overseas Territoires

There is currently an inquiry by UK Parliament into the status of the Overseas Territories in the 21st Century and the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission, confirmed MLA Teslyn Barkman to Penguin News this week.
Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
British Embassy in Buenos Aires has selected six “Ambassadors for a Day” 2023

After a careful selection process, the British Embassy in Argentina has announced that six Argentine young women aged between 19 and 26 are the winners of the “Ambassador for a Day” competition new edition, which will give them a first-hand experience in diplomatic work and enable them to join a network of female leaders from different countries in the region.
Friday, June 9th 2023 - 11:18 UTC
Biden, Sunak sign “Atlantic Declaration” to address new technologies

US President Joseph Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Thursday renewed the economic alliance between the two countries by adapting it to the current world's transformations such as artificial intelligence (AI) and the climate crisis by signing the so-called Atlantic Declaration. Both leaders met at the White House to also discuss the war in Ukraine and the global economy.
Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 16:05 UTC
IMF suggests immigration could help UK with inflation and labor shortage

Immigration that fills gaps in the domestic jobs market can help push down UK inflation, the deputy head of the International Monetary Fund has said. However British prime minister Rishi Sunak has insisted rates of legal immigration are “too high”
Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 08:59 UTC
UK's CBI survives, but many questions remain and members holding out

The powerful lobby Confederation of British Industry, CBI has won a key confidence vote over its future after members overwhelmingly backed the lobby group following a series of scandals.