LONDON New U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts dozens of European leaders on Thursday as he gets to work repairing relationships strained by the Conservatives’ tumultuous Brexit years. Ukraine, illegal migration, and energy security are on the agenda at the European Political Community (EPC) meeting at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Britain’s World War II...
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UK climate watchdog calls on new government to act ‘fast’
The new Labour government must act “fast” to put the country on target to meet its 2030 climate goals, Britain’s top climate change advisory body warned on Thursday. UK climate watchdog calls on new government to act ‘fast’ The Climate Change Committee said that the UK had committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 68...
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Workers get right to flexible working from their first day
Workers will be automatically entitled to flexible hours from the first day in their job under a major overhaul of employment rights unveiled in the King’s Speech. Existing rights to request family-friendly hours, which put the onus on the employee to ask for them, will be changed to a presumption for all workers to have...
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Horror WW3 warning as Putin crony lists the 7 UK places Russia will nuke first
One of Vladimir Putin’s cronies has threatened the UK with nuclear armageddon and listed seven key targets that would be hit first in the event of World War 3. Yevgeny Popov is a TV propagandist and host of the programme 60 Minutes on the channel Russia-1. The Kremlin stooge launched a furious tirade against US...
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Cher Travels Through Britain’s Best Loved Shows for UKTV’s Streaming Service U | LBBOnline
Today marks the launch of UKTV’s new Masterbrand U, which sees its free streaming service transition to U and its free-to-air channels become U&Dave, U&W, U&DRAMA and U&YESTERDAY. Viewers will see the changes on air and across platforms, with all assets reflecting the new brand design system. To kick off the launch, UKTV has teamed...
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UK launches armed forces review after NATO summit – World News
LONDON U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer — just back from a NATO summit — launched on Tuesday a review of Britain’s armed forces to set out a path to increasing defence spending to 2.5 percent of GDP. The ministry of defence said the “Strategic Defence Review” would begin work “immediately in recognition of the urgency of the...
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How Great British Energy can deliver vital, less profitable clean energy infrastructure
Mathew Lawrence is the founder and director of Common Wealth The private sector wants to make money, but a public power company can invest more strategically The new UK government has set itself an immensely ambitious task: delivering a clean power system by 2030. Central to its plan for the rapid, comprehensive decarbonisation of electricity...
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Report: Digital Job Growth in UK Hits Lowest Level in Decade
Great Britain’s digital sector is reportedly seeing its slowest job growth in a decade. As Bloomberg News reported Thursday (July 11), this has led the incoming Labour government to promise to revitalize the industry as it seeks to fuel growth. The number of digital jobs climbed by just 0.3% last year — the lowest figure since a...
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London calling? Incomes, living costs vs NZ – and job that’s ‘paradise’ in UK
The couple decided to move after the Covid pandemic dried up Lee’s music work and New Zealand’s small size left them few options, Danielle said. “With my job, there was no potential for growth … no promotion opportunities,” she said of New Zealand’s limited number of libraries. Having now hot-footed it out of the country,...
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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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Akshata Murty gets trolled for her dress; check Rishi Sunak’s wife’s costly clothing collection during his term as UK PM | Today News
Rishi Sunak, the outgoing UK Prime Minister who is married to the daughter of Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, on Friday, July 5, gave his resignation speech outside 10 Downing Street in London. Rishi Sunak’s wife and renowned writer Sudha Murty’s daughter, Akshata Murty grabbed eyeballs during her husband’s address for sporting a cotton dress...
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Starmer begins UK ‘rebuild’ after landslide election win – World News
LONDON Newly elected Labour prime minister Keir Starmer will kickstart his plan to “rebuild Britain” on his first full day in charge Saturday, after his party’s landslide election win ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Starmer spent his first hours in Downing Street on Friday appointing his ministerial team, hours after securing centre-left Labour’s return to power with...