Tag: UK

UK Ministers Working on Fresh Cost-of-Living Proposal for Incoming PM

The Government is working up a fresh package of cost-of-living support for the next prime minister to consider when they take office, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has said. Simon Clarke argued it is “absolutely right” for the new leader to consider “these options in the round” when they take the reins, suggesting they…


Community Demands Answers Over Girl’s Death in London Gas Explosion

A young girl killed in a gas explosion in south London has been named locally as Sahara Salman as the community demanded answers over her “unnecessary” death. Sahara, who was four-years-old, died after a terraced house collapsed in Galpin’s Road, Thornton Heath, shortly after 7am on Monday. Three other people were also seriously injured in…


UK’s Truss ‘Actively’ Seeking to Pin Down Chinese Regime for Uyghur Genocide

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Monday that she has been “actively looking at” ways for the UK to deal with genocidal regimes. It could bring an end to a months-long tug-of-war in which British lawmakers tried to pressure the government into recognising the Uyghur genocide in China’s Xinjiang region. Campaigning at an event hosted…


Liz Truss Slams ‘Gordon Brown Economics’ of Raising Tax and Benefits

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made a veiled dig at Conservative Party leadership contest rival Rishi Sunak by criticising a policy of “putting up taxes and then also giving out benefits” to help with the cost of living crisis. Truss referred to it as “Gordon Brown economics” during a hustings debate in Darlington, in the northeast…


Rapid Rise in Self-Generated Child Abuse Imagery Since Lockdowns in UK: Report

New data shows a significant increase in the number of British primary school children generating their own sexual abuse imagery since lockdowns. Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), which published the data, is a UK-based organisation with the goal of finding and removing images and video online child abuse. IWF is an independent charity funded by members…


Conservative Party Candidates Take Tough Stance on CCP

News Analysis Candidates for British Conservative party leader are competing to demonstrate how tough they will be in their stance against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), indicating that the UK’s decoupling from the CCP has become the consensus of mainstream British society. The winner of the party leadership contest will succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson…


UK PM Contender Truss’s Tax Cuts Is ‘Electoral Suicide’: Raab

Dominic Raab, Britain’s deputy Prime Minister and Justice Secretary has lambasted the economic policies of Liz Truss, the front runner in the campaign to become Britain’s next Prime Minister  as “an electoral suicide note.” Dominic Raab, a Brexit supporter, was one of the few top politicians to stay in the cabinet after Prime Minister Boris…


UK PM Contender Truss’s Tax Cuts Are ‘Electoral Suicide’: Raab

Dominic Raab, Britain’s deputy prime minister and justice secretary, has lambasted the economic policies of Liz Truss, the front runner in the campaign to become Britain’s next prime minister as “an electoral suicide note.” Raab, a Brexit supporter, was one of the few top politicians to stay in the cabinet after Prime Minister Boris Johnson…


Hot Summer Weather Buoys UK Retail Sales as Inflation Pressure Continues

Demand for summer clothing and picnic food during the hot weather helped sales at retailers rebound last month, according to new figures. The BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor for July showed that total sales increased by 2.3 percent during the month, bringing to an end three consecutive months of decline. Nevertheless, industry experts said growth was…


9 Islamic Terrorists Refusing to Engage in Deradicalisation Process in UK Jails

A report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons has found that nine Islamist terrorists being held in two special “separation centres” in British prisons are refusing to engage in deradicalisation and other programmes designed to tackle offender behaviour. In April 2022 inspectors visited the centres in Woodhill prison in Buckinghamshire, and Frankland prison in County…