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London CNN Business  —  Britain’s cost-of-living crisis is already taking the shine off Black Friday. Now, the annual shopping bonanza faces an additional threat from strikes that could disrupt deliveries, subdue online sales and deliver another blow to the slumping economy. Some 235,000 workers have gone on strike across the …

London, United Kingdom: The UK’s recent austerity budget may avert a deeper recession, but the government must focus more on growth to improve the country’s long-term prospects, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) will say Monday. The business lobby group’s director general, Tony Danker, will tell its annual conference that the government …

London CNN  —  British Prime Minister Liz Truss admitted mistakes had been made with her government’s controversial “mini-budget” announced last week – which sent the pound to historic lows and sparked market chaos – but stood by her policies. Speaking to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday morning Truss said: …

The walkout over a pay dispute comes after failed negotiations, hitting postal deliveries across the UK. Picket lines have been mounted outside Royal Mail delivery and sorting offices in the United Kingdom after workers launched a 48-hour strike in a worsening dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) walked …

If you were preparing to raise awareness for guinea pigs in the UK next week, you’ll need to change your plans. Guinea Pig Awareness Week, which was scheduled to take place from 19 to 23 September, is an initiative which aims to raise the profile of the rodent. It was …

Press play to listen to this article LONDON — As Liz Truss gets down to work as Britain’s new prime minister, she faces an immediate problem. Half the British workforce appears to be going on strike. Across the country, rail workers, barristers, dockhands, bus drivers, garbage collectors, Amazon employees, and …

Workers at Royal Mail Group join picket lines after being given a pay rise that falls far short of inflation. Thousands of postal workers in the United Kingdom have launched a series of strikes over pay, as the cost-of-living crisis prompts mass industrial action in numerous sectors. In east London, …

Royal Mail said on Wednesday it would be materially loss-making in the UK for the 2022-23 full year, if four days of strikes by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) went ahead in August and September. British postal workers will hold the strike in protest over pay on Aug. 26 and …

There is a cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom. Soaring inflation is causing real incomes to fall; companies are using inflation as a pretext to price-gouge and reap handsome profits, which in turn contribute to further inflation. It is a vicious cycle. The opposition Labour Party rightly blames …

The prospect of a national postal strike at the same time as a national rail strike is likely to set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street. Boris Johnson has insisted ministers stay out of any pay negotiations for public sector workers but further strikes in the coming weeks and months …