2/2 © Reuters. New SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variant discovered in Ealing, West London 2/2 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain recorded 1,322 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19 on Wednesday, down from 1,449 a day earlier, with a further 19,202 cases of the disease, an increase from a day …
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Feb 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mail said on Wednesday 91.5% of the eligible members of its largest union had voted in favour of a framework agreement over pay and operational changes. The company said in December it had reached a deal with the Communication Workers Union over the changes, …
Read More »The Covid-19 crisis and the virtues of an active state
In 2014, as the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer sought to take over AstraZeneca, the UK’s second largest pharmaceutical company, the British government insisted it would not intervene. David Cameron and George Osborne suggested that the bid was purely a commercial matter for shareholders and refused to apply a “public interest test”. …
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As the UK’s decimalisation anniversary approaches, The Royal Mint has revealed its top 10 rarest 50 pence coins, and how much they could be worth. The UK moved to ‘new money’ pounds and pence, from ‘old money’ shillings and pence, almost 50 years ago, with the anniversary approaching on 15 …
Read More »Economy Minister calls for urgent action over deliveries to NI
Stormont’s Economy Minister has called for urgent action from the UK Government on parcel deliveries to Northern Ireland. t followed the end of the Brexit transition period and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Protocol which affects trade to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Diane Dodds attested to “significant confusion” …
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Japan has welcomed Britain’s decision to deploy the Royal Navy’s new carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific region amid growing tensions with China over navigation rights. In talks on Wednesday with their UK counterparts, Japan’s foreign and defence ministers expressed their “strong concern” about a new Chinese maritime law which …
Read More »Small fashion brands battle the costs of Brexit
Fashion brands in Europe and the UK usually spend the month of January preparing their autumn/winter collections for the show and exhibition season. But this year many found themselves also coping with a mountain of new post-Brexit paperwork and extra costs. When a Brexit deal was concluded on Christmas Eve …
Read More »Labour debate: Liberals promise no mass layoffs, while Tories and NDP focus on Furey’s absence
Alison Coffin, Siobhan Coady and Ches Crosbie prepared ahead of the Federation of Labour election forum on Tuesday night. (Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour/Twitter) The Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and New Democrats revealed a little more about positions on social issues at a Federation of Labour forum Tuesday night, even …
Read More »Prime Minister’s Questions – BBC News
Sir Keir says “whatever the prime minister claims is being done isn’t working”. He says there are “huge numbers of people who are stuck in the middle and living in unsafe homes”, saying they “can’t sell and are being asked to foot the bill”. The Labour leader gives an example …
Read More »Weekly Ponderings: People brought character and culture to Peace River Part 23
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