Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss became the last two candidates standing on Wednesday after Penny Mordaunt was eliminated from the race to replace Boris Johnson as the UK’s prime minister. In a nail-biting final parliamentary vote, Sunak managed to stay on top with 137 votes, gaining 19 more supporters after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated on Tuesday. Mordaunt,…
Royal Mail Workers Vote to Strike Over Pay
Royal Mail workers have become the latest group to vote in favour of strikes in a dispute over pay. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) said on Tuesday that in a ballot of its 115,000 members, 97.6 percent voted in favour of industrial action from a turnout of 77 percent. The union said Royal Mail offered a 2…
UK Inflation Jumps to 9.4 Percent as Food and Fuel Prices Soar
July 20, 2022
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Soaring food and fuel prices have pushed the UK’s inflation to 9.4 percent in June, the highest in 40 years, official data have revealed. The inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), was up from 9.1 percent in May and exceeded the 9.3 percent expected by most economists. According to new data…
New UK Nuclear Power Station Sizewell C Given Go-Ahead
July 20, 2022
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The UK government has given the go-ahead to a multi-billion-pound new nuclear power station. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said on July 20 that development consent was granted for the Sizewell C project in Suffolk, which is expected to generate enough electricity to supply 6 million homes. Negotiations with the government on raising funds for the…
UK Ministry of Defence Cracks Down on Personnel Paying for Prostitution While Overseas
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) will throw out of the military personnel found paying for prostitutes, the ministry said, as it launched new policies to tackle poor behaviour in the armed forces. In a statement on Tuesday, the MoD wrote that it is cracking down “on unacceptable sexual behaviour in our armed forces.” Minister…
England’s Temperature Exceeds 40C for the First Time
England on Tuesday recorded temperatures exceeding 40C (104F) for the first time on record, the Met Office said. According to provisional figures, temperatures at a number of areas in England passed 40C by 4 p.m., with 40.3C recorded at Coningsby, 40.2C at St. James’s Park, 40.2C at Heathrow, 40.1C at Kew Gardens, and 40C at Northolt….
Glass Entrance at Rupert Murdoch’s News UK HQ Smashed by Climate Activists
Rupert Murdoch’s media company was targeted after a climate activist group said his newspapers treated the current heatwave as an “upbeat story.” At 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, two people from Extinction Rebellion (XR) smashed two windows at the entrance of the News UK building at London Bridge. Four others sprayed “tell the truth” and “40…
Bailouts, Recessions Become New Wrinkles in Europe’s Energy Crisis
The energy crisis unfolding in Europe is starting to weigh on a growing number of the continent’s oil, gas, and utility companies. Uniper, Germany’s struggling natural gas utility giant, recently filed a bailout application to the government after facing significant financial challenges, according to Finnish majority owner Fortum. For weeks, the firm had been in…
European Firms on Verge of Bankruptcy as Energy Crisis Deepens
The energy crisis unfolding in Europe is starting to weigh on a growing number of the continent’s oil, gas, and utility companies. Uniper, Germany’s struggling natural gas utility giant, recently filed a bailout application to the government after facing significant financial challenges, according to Finnish majority owner Fortum. For weeks, the firm had been in…
UK Average Pay Falls at Fastest Rate on Record Amid Soaring Inflation
British workers have seen their pay slump in real terms at the fastest rate on record, official statistics have revealed. According to data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on July 19, regular wages (excluding bonuses) rose slightly by 4.3 percent over the three months to May. However, when adjusted for inflation, regular…
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