Tag: United Kingdom

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Fears of civil unrest in UK as people are unable to afford heating and power bills this winter

  

  United Kingdom energy executives have warned the country faces the prospect of mass civil unrest as a result of people being unable to afford their heating and electricity bills this coming winter.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  While Tories look for a leader, UK hit by strikes: Felixstowe closed for eight days

  

  On September 5, hopefully the conservative party will have a new leader and the British government should be back on track, leaving aside Boris Johnson. However, in the meantime prices of food and energy have soared and the country is under stress from a raft of industrial actions, the latest of which Felixstowe, Britain's largest container port, with staff walking out of their jobs for an 8-day strike on Sunday demanding better pay to meet the cost of living.

• Saturday, August 20th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  UK launches new National Maritime Security Strategy; complements the £4 billion shipbuilding industry support

  

  Last week, on 15 August, the UK launched a new maritime strategy that sets out how the UK will enhance its capabilities in technology, innovation, and cyber security.

• Thursday, August 18th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Falklands Volunteer Defense Force is currently recruiting

  

  The Falkland Islands Defense Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defense unit in the Falkland Islands and is currently recruiting. The FIDF works alongside the military units supplied by the United Kingdom to ensure the defense and security of the Islands

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Chile Day in London next December 12/13. Finance minister attending

  

  Chilean Finance minister Mario Marcel will be attending the eleventh edition of the Chile Day in London scheduled to take place next December with the purpose of strengthening economic and financial relations between the two countries in a raft of disciplines. The two-day event is expected to take place 12/13 December.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  UK launches scheme to cut import tariffs from developing countries

  

  Britain in its post-Brexit policy strategy has launched a new scheme to cut tariffs on hundreds of products imported to the United Kingdom from developing countries.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Truss if elected, will continue deploying the navy to tackle migrant's crossings of the English Channel

  

  Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has vowed to continue deploying the Royal Navy to tackle people making crossings of the English Channel in small boats if she becomes the next prime minister.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tell Scots they reject a second independence referendum

  

  Conservative Party leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have rejected a second Scottish independence referendum at a hustings in Perth.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 08:45 UTC

  UK will resume visits for Chagossians descendants to their homeland

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has made public a page with brings together information on UK government support to people who were born on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and their descendants.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Queen's congratulations and good wishes on Falklands' Day, 14th August

  

  On the occasion of Falklands Day, (14th August), Her Majesty The Queen has sent her good wishes to the people of the Falkland Islands, and congratulations to the Chair of the Legislative Assembly, particularly on the 40th anniversary of the Liberation.