Domestic Affairs
New strikes on the way: transport, mail and NHS will be affected
The wave of strikes in the UK continues next month with a major civil service strike. On February 1, some 100,000 British civil servants working in 124 government…
Continue ReadingConsumers don’t skimp on Christmas
The British supermarket chain Tesco maintains its profit forecast for the full financial year. The retailer reports in its update on the third (fiscal) quarter an increase in…
Continue ReadingBritain allocated 75 million pound to restore Uranium sovereignty, it’s not enough
Britain said on Monday that the 75 million pound fund designed to help boost domestic production of nuclear fuel for power plants and reduce dependence on Russian uranium…
Continue ReadingInvasion or not, here they come
More than 45,000 migrants reached the English coast illegally in 2022 by crossing the channel in makeshift boats. A record number despite successive plans by the British governments…
Continue ReadingMinister Hunt sells austerity for poor marketing it as the measures against inflation
Britons spent 10.7 percent more on living expenses in November than in the same month a year earlier. This keeps UK inflation at a historically high level, although…
Continue ReadingTesco installed a charity ‘Give Back Express’ in London
Tesco had a pop-up Tesco open last weekend for three days in which you as a customer can ‘buy’ items and then donate them via Tesco. This is…
Continue ReadingDave Ramsden: Kwasi Kwarteng [and L. Truss] will be remembered
Britain still has work to do to restore its international reputation after the turmoil that followed Finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng’s September 23 mini-budget, Bank of England Deputy Governor…
Continue Reading