[ad_1] It takes a brave candidate to contest a by-election for any party of government that has been in power for a long time. Stepping in for a charismatic prime minister, toppled by his own colleagues, to fight a tough contest in a corner of a capital city that defaults to the Left required another…
[ad_1] U.S. President Joe Biden will look to deepen his relationships with Britain’s King Charles and Prime Minster Rishi Sunak at separate meetings on Monday where climate change and Ukraine are expected to dominate the agenda. Biden landed in London late on Sunday to kick off a three-nation trip including a NATO summit in Lithuania…
[ad_1] President Joe Biden appeared to be reluctant to end his conversation with a King’s guardsman while a smiling Charles tried to usher him along on his first visit to the UK since missing the Coronation. The King tried to move the American president along when he was visiting Windsor Castle but Biden seemed too…
[ad_1] C old calls which cheat people out of their money by tricking them into buying fake investments are to be banned under government plans to be announced next week. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the move is needed to “prevent fraudsters from infiltrating their way into people’s lives in the first place.” The aim…
[ad_1] Margaret Thatcher famously left the Royal Mail out of her privatisation sights in the 1980s. She felt its monarchical connections and distinguished history going back to the creation of Master of the Posts in 1516 gave it a unique position. It had been in public ownership since 1635 and possessed a Royal Charter symbolic…
[ad_1] Teachers in England and Wales are set to go on strike over pay next month following a breakdown in talks with the government. The National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest teaching union, organised a ballot of 300,000 members calling for a “fully funded, above-inflation pay rise” following a decade of eroded wages. The…
[ad_1] Britain is bracing for a fresh wave of strikes as hundreds of thousands of workers prepare for walkouts in bitter disputes over pay and conditions. The widespread industrial action in December shows no sign of abating, with nurses, civil servants, rail staff and ambulance workers are among those set to down tools. Rishi Sunak…
[ad_1] Express News Service One was given to understand that strikes and industrial action, especially in the womb of the Industrial Revolution, were passe and belonged to another era. Reformed Capitalism, it has been subtly preached, has a way of adjusting pressure points like wages not keeping pace with inflation. The ability for internal reform…
[ad_1] UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thanked public servants for their ‘selflessness’ – expressing his gratitude for ‘sacrifices’ made during an ‘extraordinary year’. While the prime politician would traditionally broadcast a message to the nation on Christmas, Sunak skimped on the usual way – instead opting to call workers directly to say thanks. It…
[ad_1] Britons are preparing for a holiday season of delayed packages, cancelled trains, and medical shortages, as hundreds of thousands of workers plan to walk off the job amid a nationwide cost of living crisis. Union members from rail networks, buses, the postal service, the health sector, and border patrol are among those planning to…