The Labour Government’s Budget tax raid and plans for workers’ rights have led to a collapse in business confidence. The economic confidence index from the Institute of Directors (IoD) plunged from a three-year high of +7 in July to -12 last month. Business leader’s confidence in their own organisations also fell from +36 in July...
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Anti-immigration unrest hits parts of U.K., taking aim at hotel thought to house asylum seekers | CBC News
Anti-immigration protesters broke hotel windows and set bins on fire in northern England on Sunday in the latest wave of unrest that has presented a major test to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government. Violent protests involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in towns and cities across Britain after three girls were killed in...
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King Charles in line for a cash boost after backing Labour’s new Great British Energy company
The King is in line for a cash boost after partnering with Labour’s new Great British Energy company. The unprecedented deal between the publicly owned firm – a key component of Labour’s election manifesto – and the Crown Estate could leverage £60billion of private investment into the UK’s energy infrastructure. Labour said the deal is...
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UK, Germany to boost defence ties in relations ‘reset’
Germany and Britain pledged Wednesday to cooperate more closely on defence and security issues as part of the new Labour government’s post-Brexit “reset” in relations with European allies. UK, Germany to boost defence ties in relations ‘reset’ On his inaugural visit to Berlin, UK Defence Secretary John Healey signed a joint declaration with German counterpart...
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Public must be onboard with ‘national mission’ for clean power, say experts
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Extra union power! WFH for all! Easier strikes! How WILL Starmer’s new ‘red revolution’ burdens on firms ever help Britain grow?
Labour‘s workers’ rights revolution will cost jobs and choke growth, ministers were warned last night. Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted to ‘unlock growth and take the brakes off Britain’. But the Prime Minister was warned that a radical package of employment rights championed by his deputy Angela Rayner could have the opposite effect. Unveiled...
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Donald Trump’s VP pick JD Vance called UK ‘Islamist country with nuclear weapons’; faces backlash
JD Vance, selected by former President Donald Trump as his vice-presidential running mate for the 2024 elections, sparked controversy with comments suggesting the UK could be the first “truly Islamist country” to acquire nuclear weapons following Labour‘s recent electoral victory, as reported by Al Jazeera. “What is the first truly Islamist country that will get...
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Labour takes governing seats as UK parliament returns – World News
LONDON A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressing MPs as they meet for the first time since Britain’s general election at the House of Commons in London on July 9, 2024 Britain’s new lawmakers excitedly squeezed into parliament Tuesday with Labour sitting on the government‘s side of the chamber...
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U.K.’s overflowing prisons present PM Starmer with early crisis
LONDON – The scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is writ large in Britain’s prisons, which are within weeks of being too full to accept new inmates, leaving the government with unpalatable and costly choices. Britain has western Europe’s highest rate of incarceration, according to the World Prison Brief database...
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Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM
“It will be an opportunity for him to learn and get to know other leaders as much as to communicate any particular messages,” foreign policy expert James Strong told Agence France-Presse. Britain’s previous Conservative government was one of Ukraine’s staunchest allies, providing money, weapons and troop training to help it repel Russia’s invasion. Starmer has...
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Doom-laden Chancellor opens door to tax rises – as Rachel Reeves says the UK’s public finances are at their worst since the Second World War
Labour was accused of clearing the way for tax rises last night, after Rachel Reeves warned Britain’s public finances are in the worst state since the Second World War. The new Chancellor issued a doom-laden warning about the ‘spending inheritance’ left behind by the Conservatives, whom she accused of years of ‘economic irresponsibility’. And she...
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After crushing defeat, fight begins for ‘soul’ of UK Conservative Party
Britain’s Conservative Party, thrashed by Labour at the general election, on Saturday faced the task of rebuilding as leading right wingers warned it could face extinction unless it starts listening to its core voters. After crushing defeat, fight begins for ‘soul’ of UK Conservative Party A record number of ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak’s top team...