LONDON — With less than three weeks until UK election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change an ominous tune for his Conservative Party. Sunak, who in recent days traveled to a Group of Seven summit and a Swiss conference on the Ukraine war, has been dogged by questions about whether voters are about to...
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How the ‘least cultured’ place in Britain reinvented itself
It seemed proper to start with the creative backstory, so I begin at the Silk Museum. In the 16th century, Macclesfield was renowned for making buttons. When it became fashionable to cover them in silk, ever-innovative Macc thrust itself into that industry, too. The first silk mill was established in 1743; at its peak, the...
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What we know and don’t know about a Wisconsin woman linked to a botched hit job in U.K.
The British press is reporting that a former Wisconsin woman has been tied to a botched contract killing in 2019. The woman was named in the court files for a case that saw a father and son convicted of conspiracy to murder a business rival, Birmingham Crown Court said. According to reports from British media,...
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The world’s most expensive visas for UK holidaymakers
Each year, the Henley Passport Index measures the number of countries travellers can visit visa-free. The UK usually ranks reasonably highly: in 2024, with 192 countries visitable visa-free, it came third, level with Denmark and Belgium. France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain are all, collectively, the most powerful, with their passport-holders able to visit...
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Britain Is Plagued by Tories’ Failure to Build
This is part of a series on what 14 years of Tory rule have delivered for Britain’s economy, society and standing in the world. The challenges awaiting the next government are numerous. Britain doesn’t spend enough on its housing, railways and other economic infrastructure, and the country is poorer, less competitive and more unequal as...
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Why immigration is a major issue in Britain’s election
In 2010, Conservative then-prime minister David Cameron pledged to bring net migration back to tens of thousands a year, a target he never came close to reaching. Ending the free movement of people into Britain from other European countries was a major factor that led to the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, with...
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Trump ally Nigel Farage gets doused with milkshake by UK OnlyFans model
Her milkshake brings Farage to the yard. A British OnlyFans model threw a milkshake at Trump ally Nigel Farage, the new leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, after his first public speech promoting his bid for parliament. Farage, who is now running to represent the seaside town of Clacton, was addressing local voters on Tuesday...
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Nigel Farage announces UK election candidacy in surprise U-turn
Farage, who previously said he would not stand in the election, says he will lead the anti-immigration Reform UK party. Nigel Farage, the politician who helped champion Britain’s departure from the European Union, has said he will stand as a candidate in next month’s election for the right-wing Reform UK party in a blow to...
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Gibraltar will retaliate if Spain imposes full border checks
“People in Gibraltar need to understand that the alternative to a treaty is potentially the full application of the Schengen border code with all of the massive difficulties that that would entail, and for us to do it reciprocally,” Mr Picardo said. “In other words, if the Schengen border code is applied to Gibraltar and...
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Indian men’s hockey team suffers 1-3 loss to Britain in FIH Pro League
India earned five penalty corners in the match from which they could not convert even once while GBR got three. 2 min read Last Updated : Jun 02 2024 | 9:38 PM IST The Indian women’s hockey team produced its best performance of the European leg of the FIH Pro League, while narrowly losing...
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2,500 job cuts inevitable in Tata Steel’s UK operations: CEO Narendran
3 min read Last Updated : Jun 02 2024 | 11:45 AM IST Loss of jobs for around 2,500 workers at Tata Steel’s operations in the UK, which are in a transition phase, is “inevitable”, the company’s CEO T V Narendran said. Fear of job losses has attracted criticism of the workers’ unions...
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Is Britain the world’s biggest holiday rip-off?
Getting around The high cost of train travel within the UK is another thorny issue. Say you want to reach your Cornish holiday apartment by train, taking a leaf out of Greta Thunberg’s book and doing your bit for the planet. The cheapest off-peak return from London to Penzance on Aug 5 currently costs £143...