Politicians in Northern Ireland have been unable to put their differences aside for even one day in order to pass Dáithí’s Law – legislation that would help a six-year-old boy (and more than 130 others) to get a life saving organ transplant. A single sitting of Stormont was all that was required for MLAs (members […]
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Labour has condemned the “lavish spending” culture at the heart of government exposed by its investigation into government procurement cards (GPCs) – credit cards for ministers and officials backed by taxpayers’ money. Angela Rayner, Labour’s deputy leader said analysis of GPCs revealed a “scandalous catalogue of waste” with taxpayers billed for at least £145.5million in […]
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The UK prime minister has vowed “nothing is off the table” when it comes to the UK answering Vlodymyr Zelenskiy’s appeal for British fighter jets to Ukraine. The Russian Embassy in London warned there would be a response and told the UK that sending fighter jets would lead to a “bloody harvest” affecting all of […]
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Millions of households across the UK will see their energy bills soar by around 40% from April after chancellor Jeremy Hunt ruled out extending the government’s rebate scheme which ends next month. The energy price guarantee (EPG) has capped average household energy bills at £2,500 but this will rise to £3,000 from March. Simultaneously, the […]
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London’s FTSE 100 stock index set a record closing high on Friday (Feb 3) finishing up more than 1% at 7,901.8 points – beating the previous record set in May, 2018 when the FTSE 100 closed at 7,877.45. Investors are reportedly backing the UK’s blue chip firms to benefit from the weak pound combined with […]
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Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have vowed to continue their strikes until the government improves its pay settlements. Half-a-million workers took part in “Walkout Wednesday” with teachers, civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers, railway staff and security guards staging the biggest strike in the UK for more than a decade. Schools were closed, […]
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Defence secretary Ben Wallace has been told by a senior US general that the British army is no longer considered a top level fighting force. Decades of cuts to army spending – while huge investments have been made to air and naval defence – has resulted in Britain’s war fighting capacity being seriously reduced. UK […]
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Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has been accused of breaking the ministerial code by parliament’s anti-corruption watchdog over hosting a TV show. Dorries failed to consult with the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba) before taking up the presenter’s role of a new talk-show on Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV. ‘Friday Night with Nadine’ begins this week […]
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Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab is the subject of formal complaints from “at least 24 civil servants”, raising a huge question mark over his future and piling further pressure on his boss Rishi Sunak, reports the Guardian. The number of formal complaints against Raab – who is also justice secretary – has tripled since Downing […]
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The World Cup gave the UK economy an unexpected boost that increased GDP by 0.1% between October and November. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.2% contraction for the period but the rise “is likely to increase pressure on the Bank of England to raise interest rates,” reports the Financial Times. Cost of living […]
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