The UK government is facing “sustained industrial action” by civil servants after around 100,000 union members working for the civil service voted to strike in a dispute over pay, pensions, and jobs. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said on Nov. 10 that the legal threshold for industrial action had been reached in 126…
UK Migrant Crisis: Chairman of Manston Parish Council Calls for Albanians to be ‘Utilised’ in Scotland
MANSTON, Kent—The chairman of the local parish council in the English village of Manston—where a former RAF base has been turned into a processing centre for illegal immigrants—has suggested young Albanian immigrants be sent to Scotland where they could be “utilised” by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The government announced this week that, as of 8…
Home Secretary on ‘Non-Crime Hate Incidents’: ‘Good Old-Fashioned Policing’
Home Secretary Suella Braverman told police chiefs that officers should not be facing “politically correct” distractions in order to ensure that priorities are focused on tackling crime, “not debating genders on Twitter.” In front of police bosses at the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APPC) annual conference in…
Commuters Suffer Travel Misery as Strike Paralyses London Underground
Commuters in London are suffering from severe travel disruptions as the Underground services are hit by renewed strike action. Nine out of the 11 London Underground lines were shut down on Thursday morning after members of the Rail, Maritime, and Transport (RMT) union and the Unite union walked out in a long-running dispute over jobs…
Metropolitan Police Chief Calls for Reduction in Bureaucratic Burden on Officers
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, has described the bureaucratic burden on his officers as “death by 1,000 paper cuts.” Rowley told a joint summit of the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners on Wednesday: “Some of the officers I talked to are more worried about…
Police Chief Questions Just Stop Oil Media Coverage
The Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) said that journalists should be “thinking about” whether it was right to give eco-activists Just Stop Oil the “oxygen of publicity.” David Lloyd told LBC’s Nick Ferrari on Thursday that officers may have “got it wrong” after LBC reporter Charlotte Lynch was detained while reporting on Just Stop…
British Veteran Simon Lingard Killed While Fighting in Ukraine
A British veteran has been killed while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces against the Russian invasion, his family has confirmed. Simon Lingard “died fighting for what he believed in” on Nov. 7, his family said. The family set up a fundraising page asking for support to give him “the greatest well deserved send-off.” Writing on the…
UK Trade Minister Meets Taiwanese President in Taipei
TAIPEI, Taiwan—President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday thanked British Trade Minister Greg Hands for London’s support for Taiwan after he became the latest foreign official to defy Chinese pressure and visit the self-ruled island democracy. Tsai expressed hope for “new heights” in British-Taiwanese relations and “joint achievements” at a time when the mainland’s Chinese Communist Party…
NHS Nurses in Most UK Hospitals Vote to Strike
Nurses at a majority of National Health Service (NHS) trusts and health boards have voted to strike over pay, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said on Wednesday. It comes as the NHS is struggling with high levels of backlog following the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the biggest hospitals in England, all NHS employers in Northern…
Quantitative Easing During COVID-19 Pandemic Contributed to Inflation, BoE Chief Economist Says
“Overly loose monetary policy” during the COVID-19 pandemic may have helped push up inflation to the current level, Bank of England’s (BoE) Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Tuesday. It’s the first time a BoE official acknowledged the central bank’s role in adding to the inflationary pressure after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said government borrowing…
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