UK hospital doctors on Monday began a three-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out, in the latest wave of industrial action. The doctors say years of below-inflation pay increases mean they have effectively had a 26% pay cut since 2008. […]
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UK man runs a marathon every day of 2022 to hit charity goal
A British fundraiser rang in the New Year by completing his quest to run a marathon every day of 2022, reaching his £1 million ($1.21 million, 1.12 million euros) goal just as 2022 drew to a close. Crowds cheered on Gary McKee, 53, as he completed his 365th marathon of the year under the rain […]
Calls for UK to probe reported hacking of Liz Truss’s phone
UK opposition politicians called for an investigation Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cell phone when she was foreign minister. In an unconfirmed report, The Mail on Sunday cited unnamed security sources as saying that Truss’s personal mobile phone had been hacked “by agents suspected of […]
UK PM Sunak gathers cabinet to begin ‘hard work’ of fixing economy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will gather his newly appointed cabinet for the first time on Wednesday, a day after taking power with a promise to fix the mistakes of his predecessor and stabilise the economy. At the top of Sunak’s agenda will be preparation for a fiscal statement, keenly anticipated by financial markets, which […]
UK’s embattled Truss told: ‘The game is up’
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss on Sunday vied to reboot her economic program, but Conservative critics warned the party faces electoral oblivion under her crippled leadership. With even US President Joe Biden joining in attacks on her libertarian platform, Truss admitted it had been a “wrench” to fire her friend Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor […]
UK woman dies after being shot down by companion
RENNES: A UK woman died after being shot by her companion during a wild boar hunt in France on Sunday, in what a prosecutor described as a “dramatic accident”. The 67-year-old was wounded “above the heart” and taken to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where she died around midday, prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said. Her 69-year-old companion […]
UK finance minister says ‘not going anywhere’ amid talk of new U-turns
London: Britain’s beleaguered finance minister insisted Thursday he was safe in his job but endured a rebuke in Washington from the International Monetary Fund over his misfiring economic policies. While Kwasi Kwarteng said “100 percent, I’m not going anywhere”, Prime Minister Liz Truss was reportedly casting around for a replacement chancellor of the exchequer to […]
UK PM faces fresh political woes after difficult MPs meeting
Embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss faced fresh woes on Thursday after a prominent Conservative party insider said some of her own MPs were considering a push to replace her with two former rivals. “All sorts of different people are talking about all sorts of different things because the Conservative backbenchers are casting around for […]
UK govt: no spending cuts, no reverse on tax cuts
UK govt said on Wednesday it would not reverse its vast tax cuts or reduce public spending as it sought to stand firm in the face of yet more turmoil in financial markets and concerns over its change in economic policy. British financial markets have been under strain since last month when finance minister Kwasi […]
UK economy on brink of recession as it shrinks in August
LONDON: Britain’s economy looks set to go into recession as data showed it unexpectedly shrank in August, underscoring the challenge for Prime Minister Liz Truss to make good on her promises to speed up growth. Weakness in manufacturing and maintenance work in North Sea oil and gas fields contributed to a 0.3% fall in gross […]