- Thursday, March 06, 2025
Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise interest rates more aggressively, cancelling out any potential boost to the economy. Most of the 11 contenders, trying to portray themselves as defenders of the Conservatives’ traditional low-tax…
Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on Sept. 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded and increasingly unpredictable and divisive contest to replace Boris Johnson coming this week. So far 11 candidates have thrown their hats in the ring to succeed Johnson as leader…
BRITISH Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, best known as Tan Dhesi, has met US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar in London. Last week, Tan Dhesi shared a picture of their meeting on Twitter. “When first hijab wearing woman elected to US Congress @IlhanMN meets first ever turbaned Sikh elected to any European…
Britain’s former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, set out his leadership campaign pitch on Tuesday, offering himself up as an “honest” prime minister who would balance the books, reduce the role of the state and grow the economy. A frontrunner who received a further boost from two senior ministers, Sunak said…
London’s Heathrow said it would cap departing passengers at 100,000 a day this summer to limit queues, baggage delays and cancellations, and it was asking airlines to stop selling tickets for flights that could be curtailed. Britain’s busiest airport, like others across Europe, is struggling to cope as demand rebounds…
TO expose gender-based discrimination, harassment and sexual assault in healthcare, female doctors in the UK have launched an online campaign, the Guardian reported. Founders of the campaign Becky Cox and Chelcie Jewitt have encouraged women to share stories of harassment and abuse. It called for the doctor’s regulator, the General Medical Council (GMC)…
Among the high-profile aspirants in the Tory leadership race is a relatively unknown minister at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – Rehman Chishti, who promises “fresh ideas”. The MP for Gillingham and Rainham in southeast England announced his candidacy on social media on Sunday evening, speaking of “aspirational conservatism,…
A NEW research from Akshay Mangla, associate professor in International Business at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, has found that registration of cases on crimes against women in India increases significantly in police stations with dedicated women’s help desks (WHDs). The study, which was published in ‘Science’ on July…
Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has been convicted of traffic offences and barred from driving for six months. The lawmaker who represents the Bridgend constituency in the House of Commons was driving a Mercedes which hit a lamppost and a telegraph pole on Church Road in Llanblethian in the Welsh county…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday (12) announced his Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) is to invest a further £9 million in its flagship community-led programme to tackle violence and deliver positive opportunities for young people. The VRU’s MyEnds programme provides support and funding for communities to lead and deliver interventions…
