The two candidates vying to become the UK’s next prime minister continued to clash on economic policies on Saturday. Liz Truss promised an emergency budget to immediately cut taxes, while Rishi Sunak said he will “go further” with payments to help households with increasing energy bills. It comes after energy consultancy Auxilione released a forecast on…
Truss Promises Immediate Tax Cuts; Sunak Vows to ‘Go Further’ With Support Package
UK Environment Secretary ‘Strongly Urges’ Water Companies to Ban Hosepipes Amid Dry Weather
Environment Secretary George Eustice on Saturday urged water companies across the UK to ban hosepipes amid a dry August. It comes as the Met Office’s forecast said the UK will mostly be dry and turning hotter this week. Writing in The Telegraph, Eustice said some companies have “rightly taken action to mitigate the effects of this prolonged dry…
Boy at Heart of UK Court Battle Dies After Life Support Ends
LONDON—A 12-year-old boy who had been in a coma for four months died Saturday at a London hospital after doctors ended the life-sustaining treatment his family had fought to continue. Archie Battersbee’s mother, Hollie Dance, said her son died at 12:15 p.m., about two hours after the hospital began withdrawing treatment. British courts had rejected…
Brazil Police Arrest 5 More in Murders of British Journalist, Amazon Expert
BRASILIA—Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested five more men in an investigation into the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the Amazon rainforest in June. Police said in a statement that seven arrest warrants were issued for illegal fishing in the Vale do Javari region, the remote area close…
Political Correctness Hampers Crackdown on Child Sex Grooming Gangs: Sunak
“Political correctness” is standing in the way of tackling child sex grooming gangs in the UK, Conservative leadership contender Rishi Sunak has said. The former chancellor said, if he becomes party leader and prime minister, he will make sure UK police forces record the ethnicity of members of the paedophile rings, who are predominantly of…
Electricity Thefts Hit Record Levels as Cost of Living Crisis Worsens
A record number of people stole electricity in England and Wales last year, according to new figures released by the Home Office. Police forces received 3,600 reports of “dishonest use of electricity” in the 12 months to March 2022, an increase of 13 percent on the previous year and the highest level since records began…
Stand-up Comedy Clashes With ‘Woke’ Culture
Stand-up comedy—historically known for pushing boundaries—faces a clash in cultural taboos around subjects such as COVID vaccines, gender ideology, and race. Before COVID-19, a rebellious instinct was a factor that lead some comedians to achieve mainstream success. Today’s comics, however, face very different attitudes from audience members, and comedy clubs that are terrified of being…
Liz Truss Vows to Crack Down on ‘Unfair Protests’ After Climate Activists Disrupt Hustings
UK Conservative Party leadership contender Liz Truss has vowed to clamp down on “unfair protests” after she was heckled by a group of climate activists during a meeting with party members. Truss’ speech at a party leadership hustings in Eastbourne, East Sussex, was disrupted when five protesters shouted “shame on you” and called for a…
9 in 10 Britons Affected by Cost of Living Increase: ONS
The increase in the cost of living affected around 9 in 10 adults in Britain in July, according to survey data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published on Friday. The ONS said 89 percent of adults surveyed between July 20 and July 31 reported an increased cost of living over the past month, equal…
13,000 Children Were Kicked out of School Over COVID-19 Rules in England
Nearly 13,000 children were excluded from school for not following COVID-19 rules, new figures show. According to figures released last week by the Department for Education, there were 12,965 exclusions from schools in England in the 2020–2021 academic year because of “wilful and repeated transgression of protective measures.” Seventy-seven exclusions were permanent and 12,888 were…
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