DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ For U.K. Defense Secretary: Exit the Ex-Soldier. Enter the Political Operative.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON — When Rishi Sunak replaced Liz Truss as British prime minister last fall, White House officials said they didn’t worry about his support for Ukraine because he left in place the respected soldier-turned-defense secretary Ben Wallace, who had orchestrated Britain’s unstinting military support of the Ukrainians. Now Mr. Wallace has stepped down, and in his place Mr. Sunak has appointed Grant Shapps, a politically savvy Conservative Party operative and close personal ally of the prime minister, but a man with little foreign policy and no battlefield experience. Mr. Shapps, who has held no fewer than four ministerial posts in the past year, vowed to continue the “U.K.’s support for Ukraine in their fight against Putin’s barbaric invasion.” But as Britain faces a general election in 2024, the shift from Mr. Wallace to Mr. Shapps could augur a new, more politicized phase in its involvement in Ukraine. Conservative leaders “perceive him as one of their great communicators,” said Jill Rutter, a senior research fellow at the U.K. in a Changing Europe, a think tank in London. “It may signal that they see defense as a sort of battleground.”

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Ben Wallace, Britain’s, Wallace, Sunak, Grant Shapps, Shapps, Mr, “, ”, Jill Rutter Organizations: White, Ukraine, Conservative Party, Conservative Locations: Britain, Ukraine, London

More than 1,500 flights were cancelled on Monday - a public holiday in parts of Britain, and one of the busiest travel days as the school holidays draw to close - when air traffic controllers were forced to switch to manual systems due to a technical problem. Ryanair, Europe's biggest airline, would be operating a normal schedule by Wednesday, said boss Michael O'Leary, as he criticised how Britain's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) had handled the situation. Harper chaired a meeting on Tuesday with NATS, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), airlines, airports, trade bodies and Border Force. EasyJet (EZJ.L) said that the knock-on impact meant some flights were cancelled on Tuesday morning. Heathrow Airport, Britain's busiest hub, told passengers to contact their airline before travelling to the airport on Tuesday.

Persons: Maria Ball, Charles De Gaulle, Mark Harper, Michael O'Leary, haven't, O'Leary, Raphael Satter, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Harper, NATS, Cirium, Sarah Young, Padraic Halpin, Farouq Suleiman, Kate Holton, Alistair Smout, Alison Williams, Mike Harrison Organizations: British, Ryanair, Europe's, Air Traffic Services, REUTERS, Civil Aviation Authority, CAA, Border Force, Aviation, British Airways, Heathrow, Thomson Locations: Europe, Britain, Liverpool, England, Paris, Edinburgh, London, Stansted, NATS

☆ Brexit: The UK economy still can't cope with the consequences of leaving the EU
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Tuesday’s announcement also highlights long-running concerns that border checks on food imports from the EU — which supplies 28% of the food consumed in Britain — could choke off supplies. Physical inspections have been pushed back to the end of April, with the final controls on EU imports — safety and security declarations — postponed to October 2024. Some UK industry groups welcomed the latest delays to border checks, which, they said, will add costs and friction to supply chains. The UK inflation rate is the highest in the G7, with consumer prices rising 6.8% in July compared with a year ago. Beyond inflation, food supply disruptions remain a lingering concern in the UK, which imports just under half of all the food it consumes.

Persons: Brexit, ”, Shane Brennan, ” Brennan, Andrew Opie, Rishi Sunak, Olesya Dmitracova Organizations: London CNN, European Union, London School of Economics, EU, Chain Federation, British Retail Consortium, Britain, and Drink Federation Locations: Britain, United Kingdom, EU

☆ Goldman Sachs unloads another business acquired under CEO David Solomon
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Hugh Son | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Goldman Sachs said Monday that it agreed to sell its personal financial management unit to a competitor named Creative Planning. The bank declined to disclose the sale price for its PFM business. Goldman said in February that it only had about 1% of the high net worth market, or those who have between $1 million and $10 million to invest. The sale "allows us to focus on the execution of our premier ultra-high net worth wealth management and workplace growth strategy" while continuing to support high net worth clients through a strategic partnership with Creative Planning, he said. Selling the PFM business will help boost profit margins in Goldman's asset and wealth management division, Jefferies analysts led by Daniel Fannon wrote Monday in a research note.

Persons: David Solomon, Goldman Sachs, Rishi Sunak, Goldman, Marc Nachmann, Daniel Fannon, Marcus, Fannon Organizations: Business, Washington DC, Creative Planning, United Capital Financial Partners, Goldman, Jefferies, Creative Locations: Washington, Washington , DC, New York, 2Q23, Kansas

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will host tech leaders including Tesla (TSLA.O) CEO Elon Musk, Meta Platforms (META.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet (GOOGL.O) CEO Sundar Pichai at an artificial intelligence forum on Sept. 13, Schumer's office said on Monday. The closed-door forum will also feature OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft (MSFT.O) CEO Satya Nadella, according to Schumer's office, which added the forum will be bipartisan. In June, Schumer hinted that he would host a forum to "lay down a new foundation for AI policy." The risks of artificial intelligence to national security and the economy need to be addressed, U.S. President Joe Biden said in June, adding he would seek expert advice. Biden has also recently discussed the issue of AI with other world leaders, including British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak whose government will later this year hold a first global summit on artificial intelligence safety.

Persons: Elon Musk, Porte, Gonzalo Fuentes, Chuck Schumer, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Schumer, Joe Biden, Biden, Rishi Sunak, Richard Cowan, Kanishka Singh, Jasper Ward, Matthew Lewis, David Gregorio Our Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Microsoft, Senate Democrats, Regulators, British, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Washington

☆ Conservative UK lawmaker formally quits with scathing attack on PM Sunak
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - UK member of parliament Nadine Dorries has delivered a scathing attack on her Conservative Party's leader Rishi Sunak in her formal resignation letter, accusing the prime minister of running a "zombie parliament" and lacking any political vision. "Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. "You hold the office of prime minister unelected, without a single vote, not even from your own MPs. A former finance minister and investment banker, Sunak became prime minister in October last year after being the only candidate to be nominated in a party leadership contest. "In your impatience to become prime minister you put your personal ambition above the stability of the country and our economy," said Dorries.

Persons: Nadine Dorries, Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson, Dorries, Sunak, Johnson, Liz Truss, Kylie MacLellan, Frances Kerry Organizations: Conservative, Labour Party, Conservatives, Labour, Sunak's Conservatives, Thomson Locations: Sunak

☆ UK to make whole-life sentences mandatory for worst killers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Britain flags are seen in The Mall street in London, Britain January 29, 2020. For the first time, the orders will also be the default sentence for any sexually motivated murders, it said. Whole-life orders are rare, with 65 prisoners subject to one as of June 30, according to the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which issues guidelines on punishments. "By bringing in mandatory whole life orders for the heinous criminals who commit the most horrific types of murder, we will make sure they never walk free," said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. A judge currently specifies the minimum term an offender must spend in prison before becoming eligible to apply for parole when they pass a life sentence.

Persons: Antonio Bronic, Lucy Letby, Rishi Sunak, Britain's, Paul Sandle, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Appeal, England, Thomson Locations: Britain, London, Wales

☆ Oil heads for weekly fall on demand worries, dollar strength
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Oil prices fell slightly in early Asian trade on Friday, on track for a weekly decline as weak manufacturing activity hurt the global demand outlook and the dollar remained buoyant. Brent crude fell 16 cents, or 0.2%, to $83.20 a barrel by 0013 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $78.91 a barrel. A strong dollar makes oil more expensive for holders of other currencies, denting demand. Oil fell for much of the week as global economies reported shrinking factory activity. India's oil consumption growth has also slowed in recent months on high inflation and slowing global trade.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Brent, Jerome Powell Organizations: U.S, West Texas, Federal Locations: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Japan, Saudi Arabia

☆ Britain will host AI summit at World War Two code-breaking centre
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A piece of paper sits on the Colossus machine at Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes, Britain, September 15, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Staples/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence at the old home of Britain's World War Two codebreakers in November as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches Britain as global leader in guarding the safety of the fast-developing technology. The summit will take place on Nov. 1 and 2 at Bletchley Park, the site in Milton Keynes where mathematician Alan Turing cracked Nazi Germany's Enigma code, the government said on Thursday. "The UK has long been home to the transformative technologies of the future, so there is no better place to host the first ever global AI safety summit than at Bletchley Park," Sunak said. Governments around the world are wrestling with how to control the potential negative consequences of AI without stifling innovation.

Persons: Darren Staples, Rishi Sunak, Alan Turing, Sunak, Joe Biden, Matt Clifford, Jonathan Black, Andrew MacAskill, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS, Bletchley, Tech, European Union, Thomson Locations: Milton Keynes, Britain, Washington, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United States, Hiroshima

☆ Britain to host world's first AI safety summit at home of World War II codebreakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bletchley Park is the home of the World War Two Codebreakers, who in 1941 helped break the secret code used by the German government to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. The U.K. government will host the world's first artificial intelligence safety summit in Bletchley Park, the home of the codebreakers who cracked the code that ended World War II. The renowned Bletchley Park building was the home of the World War II Codebreakers, who in 1941 helped break the secret Enigma Code used by the German government to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. The U.K. tech sector has been flagging of late, following drops in venture capital investment. The U.S. is by far the world leader when it comes to AI, with massive firms ploughing resources into the technology.

Persons: —, Rishi Sunak, OpenAI, Bard, Alan Turing, Turing, Sunak, Bejiing Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Baidu Locations: Bletchley, Bletchley Park, Britain, China, The U.S, EU

☆ UK backlog of asylum applications hits record high
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Britain's backlog of asylum applications awaiting a decision hit a record high in the year to June and the number of those applying was the highest in two decades, according to official figures published on Thursday, in a blow to the government. The Home Office, or interior ministry, said 78,768 asylum applications were made by people who arrived in the country illegally in the 12 months to June, up 19% on the previous year. The backlog of asylum applications was just over 134,000, or 175,457 once dependents are included, adding to pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who in December pledged to clear the initial backlog of cases by the end of this year. "This is a disastrous record for the Prime Minister and Home Secretary," said Stephen Kinnock, Labour’s immigration spokesperson. The government said in the year to June there were 23,702 initial decisions made on asylum applications, up 61% on the previous year.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Stephen Kinnock, Kylie MacLellan, Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper, Mark Potter Organizations: Office, Labour Party, Home, Thomson Locations: Britain, Rwanda

☆ King Charles to Visit France in September, After Protests Forced Delay
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

King Charles III of Britain announced plans on Thursday for a visit to France next month, his first trip to the country as monarch, after widespread demonstrations postponed a visit planned earlier this year and caused an awkward moment for President Emmanuel Macron. The British monarch and his wife, Queen Camilla, will visit Paris and Bordeaux from Sept. 20 to Sept. 22, Buckingham Palace said, adding that it would be a celebration of “the shared history, culture and values of the United Kingdom and France.”The French president had originally intended to host King Charles in March, in one of the king’s first overseas trips as Britain’s head of state. On the heels of a visit from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the plan for King Charles’s trip was a signal of a warming in the relationship between the two countries, which has been strained in the years since Britain formally left the European Union in 2021. But an outpouring of anger in March over a plan by Mr. Macron to raise the retirement age in France to 64 from 62 spurred huge street demonstrations and strikes, some of which turned violent. The strikes also disrupted train services, causing concerns over the travel logistics.

Persons: King Charles III of, Emmanuel Macron, Queen Camilla, Buckingham, ”, King Charles, Rishi Sunak, King Charles’s, Macron Organizations: Paris, European Union Locations: France, British, Bordeaux, United Kingdom, Britain

☆ UK PM Sunak breached parliament's code of conduct inadvertently - watchdog
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did not properly declare his wife's shareholding in a childcare company which stood to benefit from new government policy but the failure was inadvertent, parliament's standards watchdog said on Wednesday. The commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, is responsible for the House of Commons code of conduct and investigates any alleged breaches. "Having considered the information available to me, I have decided that the breach of the code appears to have been inadvertent," Greenberg said. In a letter to Greenberg, published by the commissioner's office, Sunak apologised for confusing the language of registration and declaration. "I am pleased that this matter will now be concluded by way of rectification," Sunak added.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Akshata Murthy, Daniel Greenberg, Greenberg, Kylie MacLellan, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: British, Parliament's, Thomson

Net borrowing, excluding state-owned banks, stood at 4.3 billion pounds ($5.49 billion) last month, less than the median forecast of 5.0 billion pounds in a Reuters poll of economists. In the first four months of the financial year, borrowing stood at 56.6 billion pounds. "As inflation slows, it's vital that we don’t alter our course and continue to act responsibly with the public finances," Hunt said in a statement after the data. Interest costs rose by 1.5 billion pounds compared with July last year to 7.7 billion pounds, the highest for July since records began in April 1997. The public finances were boosted by inflows of self-assessed income tax receipts which are typically strong in July, which stood at 11.8 billion pounds, 2.5 billion pounds more than in July last year.

Persons: Jeremy Hunt, Jessica Taylor, Handout, Hunt, Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss's, Ruth Gregory, Gregory, Gabriella Dickens, William Schomberg, Sachin Ravikumar, Andrew Heavens, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Bank of England, Conservative Party, Treasury, Capital Economics, Senior, National Statistics, Britain's, Thomson Locations: London, Britain

☆ Lucy Letby: British nurse refuses to appear to be sentenced for murdering seven babies
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —A British nurse refused to appear in court on Monday to be sentenced for the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of six others at the UK hospital where she worked. It emerged during the trial that police had found a series of handwritten notes by Letby, including one that read: "I am evil I did this." It emerged that before Letby murdered Child E, he started bleeding when she tried to assault him. But the hospital’s management initially dismissed concerns raised by clinicians over the increased mortality rate of patients under Letby’s care, PA reported. In 2016, Letby won a grievance complaint that she had filed against her employers after learning of their initial allegations.

Persons: London CNN —, Lucy Letby, Rishi Sunak, Letby, ”, ” Letby, Countess, Chester, duping, ‘, Child, F, “, E Organizations: London CNN, Manchester Crown Court, Media, Prosecution Service, Prosecutors, Cheshire Constabulary, Authorities, National Health Service Locations: England, Manchester

More than 60 people, mostly Afghans, were saved by French and British rescue teams, including Idris and 15-year-old Fawad. "When (the boat sank), people were screaming, it was a very difficult moment. The survivors helped each other by taking turns in clinging to or sitting on what was left of the boat, Idris said. The Channel between France and Britain is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and currents are strong, making the crossing on small boats dangerous. "I was fast losing the strength to swim, but I kept trying very hard to keep afloat," Idris said.

Persons: Idris, Pascal Rossignol, Fawad, Rishi Sunak, Sheree Sardar, Ingrid Melander, Janet Lawrence Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, United Kingdom . Conservative British, Thomson Locations: Britain, Calais, France, CALAIS, England, British, Afghanistan, London, Iran, Syria, United Kingdom

☆ UK PM Sunak commits to triple-lock pension policy despite inflation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was committed to the government's mechanism for increasing state pensions even though it is likely to cost billions of pounds more than usual given high inflation. The pension triple lock is a government promise to raise publicly funded pensions by the level of earnings, inflation or 2.5%, whichever is highest. "Of course the government is committed to its policy on the triple lock," Sunak told ITV News on Wednesday when asked whether he would stick to the pledge despite the rate of inflation. "When I set out that target people said 'oh that's very easy he’s not ambitious enough'," he told ITV. "I thought it was an ambitious target, but it's right to be ambitious for our country."

Persons: Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, William Schomberg, Kylie MacLellan Organizations: British, ITV News, Bank of, ITV, Thomson Locations: that's

☆ A multitrillion-dollar carbon bubble? Climate chief warns world leaders over fossil fuel plans
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The message from the world's leading climate scientists in April last year was that a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use will be necessary to curb global heating. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas is the chief driver of the crisis. Indeed, the IPCC said that current fossil fuel use was already more than the planet could handle and additional projects were destined to lock in even greater emissions with devastating consequences. The U.N. climate panel also estimated that fossil fuel investors could be at risk of losing between $1 trillion and $4 trillion if governments act to limit global temperature rise. Despite this, some of the world's richest nations, such as the U.S. and China, have cited energy security as a reason for investing in additional fossil fuel projects.

Persons: Jim Skea, Fabrice Coffrini, Skea, We've, Fethi Belaid, Hoesung Lee, Rishi Sunak's, Danny Lawson, Biden, Mario Tama Organizations: Afp, Getty, CNBC, South, Imperial College London, Greenpeace, United Arab, Social, Trans, Trans Alaska Pipeline System, National Petroleum Reserve Locations: Algeria, Europe, North Africa, East, Asia, staving, China, Ukraine, Paris, Richmond , North Yorkshire, United Arab Emirates, Trans Alaska, Alaska, Delta Junction

☆ Rishi Sunak’s Vacation: Taylor Swift and Disneyland. (The Rest is a Secret.)
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mark Landler | More About Mark Landler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just last year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s political fortunes almost collapsed over his wealthy wife’s privileged tax status in Britain. Yet last week, when Mr. Sunak and his family spent a 10-day vacation at their multimillion-dollar penthouse apartment in Santa Monica, Calif., there was scarcely a peep about it in the British papers. The difference, analysts said, attests both to evolving views of Mr. Sunak, a onetime hedge fund manager who became prime minister last October, and to Downing Street’s shrewd media management of the Sunak family’s American vacation. The family stayed largely under the radar, emerging only for a carefully staged photo opportunity at an amusement park on the Santa Monica Pier, playing games on what was Mr. Sunak’s first vacation in nearly four years. He and his wife, Akshata Murty, also took their two young daughters, Krishna and Anoushka, to Disneyland, where, he said, he was excited to try a “Star Wars”-themed ride.

Persons: Rishi, Sunak, Downing, Santa Monica Pier, Sunak’s, Akshata Murty, Krishna Organizations: Santa Locations: Britain, United States, California, Santa Monica, Calif

☆ Europe space chief warns over political wavering on climate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Tim Hepher | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"It just confirms that climate change is the biggest threat to our planet, to humankind, and will remain so for the next decades and we do need to do everything we can to mitigate the effects." Scientists say climate change is making heatwaves more frequent, intense and likely to happen across seasons, not just in what were regarded as the summer months. "Acting now is much cheaper than waiting for years and then patching up the damage that has been caused," he said when asked if he saw any signs of drift in Europe's climate agenda. FUNDING GAP AND 'GLOBAL BOILING'Aschbacher is among the most senior climate-monitoring officials to voice concerns over wavering support for measures to combat climate change - a creeping negative reaction that some climate activists have labelled "greenlash". This would significantly impact Europe’s commitment to combating climate change."

Persons: Josef Aschbacher, Aschbacher, Copernicus, Rishi Sunak, Ashbacher, Antonio Guterres, ESA's Copernicus, Tim Hepher, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Copernicus Sentinel, European Space Agency, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Meterological Organization, ESA, GAP, Sentinel, European Union, Negotiations, European Commission, EU, Britain's Department for Science, Innovation, Technology, Thomson Locations: Odemira, Alentejo, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Spain, Paris, Europe, Britain

People walk outside the Bank of England in the City of London financial district in London, Britain, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File PhotoLONDON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A handful of small UK commercial lenders are offering interest-free loans to high-risk borrowers, as part of a government-backed scheme to support people through the cost of living crisis. Reuters has confirmed that Social Credit, a collaboration between commercial startup lender Plend and two nonprofit organisations, has been delivering interest-free loans as part of the scheme. A hole in the credit market, caused by the collapse or exit of many payday lenders such as Provident and Quickquid, has left millions unable to access loans. HARD TIMESFair4All told Reuters a portion of the 45 million pounds would be used to fund no-interest loans, and the rest allocated to other financial support measures.

Persons: Henry Nicholls, Fair4All, TotallyMoney, Tom Lake, John Cronin, Cronin, Rishi Sunak's, Martin Coulter, Muvija, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Bank of England, REUTERS, Fair4All Finance, Reuters, South Manchester Credit Union, Provident, Quickquid, Customers, Conservative, Thomson Locations: City, London, Britain, British

☆ UK employers plan 5% pay rises, many resort to counteroffers: CIPD
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( David Milliken | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Pay expectations in the public sector rose to 4%, the highest recorded by the CIPD, from 3.3%. Growth in earnings excluding bonuses - which typically runs slightly higher than pay settlements - was an annual 7.3% in the three months to May. The CIPD said businesses were also becoming more likely to match or exceed pay offers by rivals for their staff. However, almost a third of employers believed counteroffers were ineffective at keeping staff. "For some employers, counteroffers may only be valuable as a short-term option and ... employees will move if wider aspects of the job, such as workload, autonomy and environment, don't meet their expectations," the CIPD said.

Persons: Rishi Sunak, BoE, David Milliken, William Schomberg Organizations: Chartered Institute, Personnel, Private, of England, Data, Thomson

☆ Migrant boat crossing Channel from France capsizes, at least six dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Pascal Rossignol | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] "Notre Dame du Risban", an SNSM lifeboat, enters the port of Calais following a rescue operation after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized, in Calais, France, August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal RossignolCALAIS, France, Aug 12 (Reuters) - At least six people died and more than 50 were rescued after a migrant boat trying to cross the Channel from France capsized early on Saturday, local authorities said. "There were too many of them on the (migrant) boat," she told Reuters by phone as she returned to the shore. Thorel, who shared a picture of migrants on the rescue boat, wrapped in survival blankets, said no one died on the boat she was involved with rescuing. UK government figures show that the number of migrant Channel crossings since the start of 2018 exceeded 100,000 this week.

Persons: du Risban, Pascal Rossignol, Franck Dhersin, Sangatte, Anne Thorel, Elisabeth Borne, Herve Berville, Rishi Sunak's, Suella Braverman, Ingrid Melander, Tangi Salaun, Christian Hartmann, David Miliken, Helen Popper, Ros Russell Organizations: REUTERS, Local, Reuters, Maritime Affairs, Britain's coastguard, coastguard, Border Force, British coastguard, Conservative Party, Thomson Locations: Calais, France, Britain, Thorel, Dover, Paris, London

CNN —Six people died after a boat carrying migrants sank in the English Channel, authorities say. The English Channel is one of the world’s busiest waterways and crossing on small boats is extremely dangerous. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – whose governing Conservatives have been struggling in the polls – made stopping boats making the perilous crossing across the English Channel one of his top priorities. Pascal Rossignol/ReutersBut 755 migrants were detected crossing the channel to the UK Thursday, government figures showed. French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in a tweet that her “thoughts are with the victims” of the migrant boat that capsized.

Persons: Franck Dhersin, ”, Rishi Sunak –, Pascal Rossignol, Elisabeth Borne, Herve Berville, Suella Braverman Organizations: CNN, Channel, Local, Twitter, Conservatives, Reuters, Paris, French, French Navy, Border Force Locations: Calais, Dover

An aerial view shows the Bibby Stockholm barge moored at Portland Port, near Poole, Britain, August 7, 2023. Britain began moving the asylum seekers onto the Bibby Stockholm, a barge anchored off Dorset on the south coast, earlier this week as part of its high-profile strategy to deter people from arriving in the country on small boats. Ministers said they wanted to reduce the cost of accommodating asylum seekers in hotels, while human rights campaigners compared the barge to a prison ship and said its use was in inhumane. "Environmental samples from the water system on the Bibby Stockholm (barge) have shown levels of Legionella bacteria which require further investigation," a spokesperson at the Home Office, or interior ministry, said. "As a precautionary measure, all 39 asylum seekers who arrived on the vessel this week are being disembarked while further assessments are undertaken."

Persons: Bibby, Toby Melville, Rishi Sunak's, Sunak, Muvija M, Andrew MacAskill, Kate Holton, Frances Kerry Organizations: REUTERS, Bibby, Ministers, Home Office, UK Health Security Agency, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Thomson Locations: Portland Port, Poole, Britain, Bibby Stockholm, Dorset

Search resuls for: "RISHI SUNAK"

25 mentions found