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☆ UK Budget: Jeremy Hunt set to cut taxes for workers as election looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

A cut to national insurance — a levy paid by people who work — costing around £10 billion ($12.7 billion) is likely, according to multiple UK media reports. But soaring government debt, crumbling public services and a lackluster economy leave the chancellor with very little room for further substantial giveaways. Christopher Furlong/Getty ImagesOther so-called “unprotected” areas of the national budget, such as social care and the police force, are also at risk. “That seems unlikely when public services are creaking,” they added. OBR chair Richard Hughes said in January that the government had provided no detailed breakdown of departmental spending plans beyond March next year, giving only headline figures.

Persons: Jeremy Hunt, Rishi Sunak’s, Hunt, ”, Laura Kuenssberg, Jeff, Christopher Furlong, “, Richard Hughes, ” Hughes Organizations: London CNN —, Bank of England, Treasury, “ Conservatives, ” Hunt’s Conservative Party, Labour Party, Reuters, Office, National Statistics, Local Government Association, House, National Health Service, Capital Economics, ” Locations: Ukraine, Birmingham, England

☆ UK borrowing figures give Hunt some room for tax cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( William Schomberg | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Government borrowing between April and October totalled 98.3 billion pounds ($122.49 billion), the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Tuesday. The data meant borrowing was running about 22 billion pounds higher than in the same period last year but almost 17 billion pounds less than the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast in March, giving Hunt some fiscal room for manoeuvre. The ONS said that in October alone, public sector net borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, was 14.9 billion pounds last month. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to public sector net borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, of 12 billion pounds in the month. The figure was also higher than the OBR's forecast for borrowing of 13.7 billion pounds in the month.

Persons: Jeremy Hunt, Laura Kuenssberg, Isabel Infantes, Hunt, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Liz, Michal Stelmach, Stelmach, William Schomberg, Kate Holton, Jason Neely Organizations: BBC Broadcasting House, REUTERS, National Statistics, KPMG, Labour Party, ONS, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine could escalate the war to a 'new dimension', Russia's ambassador to the UK says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia will scale up its war if the west keeps supplying Ukraine with weapons, its ambassador to the UK Andrei Kelin said Saturday. "This escalation will get a new dimension which we do not need and do not want," Kelin told the BBC. His warning came as a top Ukrainian official said the country was ready to launch a counter-offensive. Andrei Kelin told the BBC that Western military aide would prolong the 15-month conflict – and warned that the longer that dragged on, the more likely Russia was to scale up its attacks. Russia is 16 times bigger than Ukraine," Kelin added.

☆ British interior minister Braverman says Rwanda is safe for migrants
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, April 2 (Reuters) - Britain's interior minister Suella Braverman said she was convinced Rwanda was a safe country to resettle migrants who had arrived in Britain illegally but she declined to set any deadline for the first deportations to the country. London's High court ruled in December the scheme was legal, but opponents are seeking to appeal that ruling. "The High Court - senior expert judges - have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful." Braverman, who visited Rwanda last month, would not give a deadline for the first flight to depart. "We had a very strong victory in the High Court at the end of last year on Rwanda.

☆ BBC engulfed in an impartiality storm of its own making
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

“There is a long-established precedent in the BBC that if you’re an entertainment presenter or you’re a football presenter, then you are not bound by those same rules” on impartiality, former director-general Greg Dyke told BBC Radio 4 over the weekend. BBC Director General Tim Davie has made protecting impartiality one of his major priorities. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesMore problematic still is that the same thorny questions about impartiality extend to the BBC’s leadership. “It’s a mess, isn’t it?” former BBC executive Peter Salmon told the cooperation’s flagship political presenter Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday. “He’s got views, he’s got passions … it may be that Gary has outgrown the job, and his role in the BBC.”

☆ Greedflation: 'Entirely possible' that food brands are profiteering from price hikes, says Tesco chairman
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Consumers have been feeling the pinch from higher food prices as inflation soars. The chairman of Tesco, one of Britain's largest supermarket chains, said Sunday it was "entirely possible" that some food firms are profiteering from inflation at the cost of some of the poorest consumers. Tesco has created a team to monitor food input costs against price rises and is challenging companies it believes are lifting prices disproportionately, Allen said. Tesco told CNBC that it was unable to provide further comment. Food suppliers have hit back at the claims.

☆ Britain is 'resolute' on nurses' pay, senior minister says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The British government is "resolute" it will not budge on nurses' pay, senior minister Oliver Dowden said on Sunday, ahead of a planned second nationwide walkout by the profession over an average pay offer of 4% while inflation runs at more than 10%. Its leader Pat Cullen said on Friday that unless ministers "start playing ball by taking part in meaningful negotiations" over pay, nurses would continue to take action. "Governments have had every chance to act but they have chosen to turn their backs on us," she said. Dowden said nurses' pay was recommended by an independent pay review body, which had determined that nurses would receive a minimum rise of 1,400 pounds, equating to about 4% on average. Britain is facing a wave of industrial action this winter, including rail and postal services as well as healthcare.

☆ Britain's Currys to avoid using Royal Mail 'for now' over strikes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - British electricals retailer Currys (CURY.L) will not use Royal Mail as a delivery provider "for now" to reduce any impact from strike action, the company's chief executive officer Alex Baldock said on Sunday. Asked whether the report was true, Baldock said: "For now, yes. We plan for this sort of thing all the time and the relatively few, smaller parcels that we distribute through Royal Mail are pretty easily switchable to another provider." Postal workers have already staged walk outs and plan another wave of strikes later this month over pay and conditions, arguing that they want a rise that matches increasing prices and the cost of living. Reporting by Elizabeth Piper Editing by Raissa KasolowskyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Humans to live and work on the moon within the decade, NASA official said
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NASA expects humans to live and work on the moon by 2030, an official said. NASA launched an unmanned spacecraft to the moon last week, considered a key preliminary step. NASA successfully launched its powerful new Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket last week, sending the Orion spacecraft on its way towards the moon. An illustration of the Orion spacecraft circling the moon. NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.

☆ UK PM candidate Penny Mordaunt says 'in it to win it', no deal with Boris Johnson
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Penny Mordaunt said she was staying in the race to become British prime minister despite trailing rivals Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson in the number of declared backers, dismissing a report that she had discussed a deal with Johnson. "I'm very confident about the progress we are making. I say to you that I'm in this to win it," she told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme. She said a report that she had discussed pulling out with Johnson in return for the promise of a job was "completely false". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by Kate HoltonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ UK minister Kemi Badenoch backs Rishi Sunak to be next PM
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak arrives at Broadcasting House ahead of his appearance on BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show in London, Britain September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File PhotoLONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Britain's trade minister Kemi Badenoch on Saturday backed former finance minister Rishi Sunak to be the next prime minister, ruling herself out of a leadership race she had considered entering. "Rishi Sunak is the man for the job," Badenoch said in an article for the Times newspaper. Sunak has yet to formally declare his intention to run in the race, but according to a Reuters tally, has enough backers to enter. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by William James; Editing by Edmund BlairOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Cancer vaccine could be available before 2030, says scientist couple behind COVID-19 shot
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Professors Ozlem Tureci and Ugur Sahin co-founded BioNTech, which partnered with Pfizer to develop a COVID-19 shot. A cancer vaccine will be widely available for patients "before 2030," said Sahin. The cancer vaccine, which would build upon breakthroughs achieved by the scientists during the development of the COVID-19 shot, may be widely available within just eight years, said Professor Ugur Sahin. That work was the "tailwind" for the COVID-19 shot development, which, in turn, now "gives back" to their cancer research, said Tureci. Keunssberg asked the couple if there was "still a chance" that the cancer vaccine doesn't work.

☆ VIDEO/ Joe Biden a ajuns în Regatul Unit. Avertismentul făcut către Rusia
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-10 | by ( ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Preşedintele american Joe Biden a ajuns miercuri seară în Regatul Unit, unde va participa la summit-ul G7, prima etapă a unui turneu european în cadrul căruia va lua parte la summit-ul NATO și se va întâlni cu omologul său rus Vladimir Putin. BBC transmite că în prima sa călătorie în străinătate de la preluarea mandatului, Joe Biden a salutat angajamentul neclintit al Americii faţă de NATO şi a avertizat Rusia că se va confrunta cu consecinţe „puternice şi semnificative” dacă se angajează în activităţi nocive. Biden și-a exprimat clar intenția de a consolida legăturile cu aliații SUA, în urma unor relații tensionate sub administrația Trump. Joi, 10 iunie, preşedintele SUA, Joe Biden, are programată o întrevedere cu premierul britanic Boris Johnson. Tot BBC scrie că Biden se va întâlni cu premierul Boris Johnson pentru a conveni o nouă „Cartă a Atlanticului”.

Persons: Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Biden, Trump, Boris Johnson, Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Laura Kuenssberg, rus Vladimir Putin Organizations: NATO, BBC Locations: Regatul Unit, străinătate, Americii, Rusia, SUA, Atlanticului, Castelul Windsor, rus, Geneva

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