Tag: UK

Labour May Give EU Nationals Full Voting Rights, Says Starmer

The Labour Party may give settled EU migrants full voting rights if it wins the next general election, party leader Sir Keir Starmer has said. Starmer made the remarks in response to a report by The Sunday Telegraph, which said the opposition leader is prepared to allow settled migrants and 16- and 17-year-olds to vote…


Radical Activists Influencing Sex and Trans Education in Schools: Report

Radical activists are influencing sex education and trans issues in schools, a report has suggested. The analysis, by British think tank Civitas, urges parents to be “vigilant” over what children are being taught in classrooms by some self-declared experts. It calls for a “union of parents” to support those concerned about how schools approach sex…


Food Prices Won’t Go Down ‘Any Time Soon,’ UK Farming Union Warns

Inflated food prices won’t be going down any time soon, the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has warned. It comes after the UK’s food price in March had the second biggest yearly hike among the G-20 countries after Turkey. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that the UK’s consumer…


Highlighting Endangered Heritage Crafts in the UK

What does arrowsmithing, coppersmithing, and straw hat making have in common? They are three of the eleven heritage crafts that have been newly classified as “critically endangered” in the UK, meaning that those craft skills could disappear in a generation. Sights such as Cornish coppersmith Francis Cargeeg working in his workshop in 1951 are now…


Braverman Says UK Should Not Need Immigrant Workers to Fill Labour Shortages

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said more needs to be done to reduce legal migration and said there was “no good reason” why Britain could not train up a home-grown workforce of lorry drivers and fruit pickers and reduce the country’s overall need for immigrant workers. Giving a keynote speech at the National Conservatism conference in…


UK Pledges Long-Range Attack Drones and Air Defence Missiles to Ukraine

Britain will provide Ukraine with long-range attack drones and air defence missiles, Downing Street has announced. The announcement came during a surprise visit by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, during which he held talks with Rishi Sunak at Chequers, the prime minister’s grace-and-favour residence in Buckinghamshire. This is the latest stop on Zelenskyy’s tour of…


Zelenskyy Arrives in UK for Surprise Meeting With Sunak

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in the UK on a surprise visit, during which he will hold talks with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. This is the latest stop on Zelenskyy’s tour of European capitals, on which he has been meeting Western leaders seeking to bolster support for Ukraine ahead of an expected counter-offensive. Germany…


Australian State Premier Says She’s Willing to Go to the UK to Retrieve ‘Priceless’ Artefacts

Queensland state leader Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is willing to travel to the UK to try and retrieve artefacts belonging to the ancestors of local Indigenous communities. The Labor premier’s comments come after the Queensland Parliament, on May 10, passed a new law—with bipartisan support—to set up a “Truth-telling inquiry” to investigate the “continuing impacts”…


Australian State Premier Willing to Go to the UK to Retrieve ‘Priceless’ Indigenous Artefacts

Queensland state leader Annastacia Palaszczuk says she is willing to travel to the UK to try and retrieve artefacts belonging to the ancestors of local Indigenous communities. The Labor premier’s comments come after the Queensland Parliament, on May 10, passed a new law—with bipartisan support—to set up a “Truth-telling inquiry” to investigate the “continuing impacts”…


Nursing Union Calls for Double-Digit Pay Offer to Relaunch Talks

The trade union representing British nurses has called for a double-digit pay offer from the government and has threatened to strike again if the demand is not met. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) leader Pat Cullen urged Health Secretary Stephen Barclay to restart pay negotiations with a proposed…