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BBC Chair made ‘errors of judgement’ in Boris Johnson loan affair: UK House panel
London, Feb 12 BBC chair Richard Sharp made "significant errors of judgement" when he did not declare his role in the facilitation of a loan in 2020 to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a UK parliamentary inquiry has found, according to 'Variety'. Sharp, a banker and former chair of ...Court order against 5 Indians for ‘exploiting’ students in UK
London, Feb 11 A UK government investigative agency for labour exploitation has said that it has succeeded in getting a court order against five people from Kerala for suspected labour abuse of more than 50 Indian students. Investigators from the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) were granted a Slavery ...British Indian asked to pay back Rs 5.9 cr in unpaid tax
London, Feb 9 A 44-year-old businessman of Indian descent has been asked to pay back 600,000 pounds (Rs 5.9 crore) in unpaid tax after a raid at his home and seizure of 1 million pounds from his bank accounts. In one of Scotland's largest ever tax settlement cases, Goljar Singh ...Sunak pledges ‘steadfast support’ in phone call with Turkish president
London/Ankara, Feb 8 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged the UK's "steadfast support" to Turkey in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A Downing Street spokeswoman on Tuesday said Sunak had also expressed his "deep condolences for the tragic loss of life" caused by the earthquake, ...Indian-origin man jailed for sexually assaulting minor in UK
London, Feb 6 A 61-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for 30 months for sexually assaulting a 16 year-old girl in the UK. Anandarajah Bremakumar, of Colindale in London, was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment following a hearing at Wood Green Crown Court last week, the Metropolitan Police said. He ...‘Find it difficult to write’: Salman Rushdie speaks out after attack
London, Feb 6 Months after a near-lethal attack that left him debilitated and without vision in one eye, Sir Salman Rushdie says that he is "lucky" and has been told that he is "doing very well". But he still finds it difficult to type or write. I was "lucky ... ...The knives are out for Rishi Sunak
London, Feb 5 After a silence of over 100 days since her resignation as prime minister after serving the shortest term in this office in British history, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak's immediate predecessor, launched a broadside against her successor on Sunday. In a 4,000-word opinion piece in The Sunday Telegraph ...British-Sikh couple killed by son in 2020 could have been saved: Report
London, Feb 3 A Sikh couple murdered by their "knife-obsessed" son in the UK in 2020 could have been saved if the agencies involved with the family before the crime had rightfully addressed their concerns, a homicide review report said. Anmol Chana, then 25, stabbed his mother Jasbir Kaur, 52, ...Average grades for Sunak on 100 days as UK PM
London, Feb 3 As the incumbent British Prime Minister has completed 100 days in office, The Times, a centre-right daily, headlined: "How Rishi Sunak's first 100 days as PM have been shaped by strikes and scandals." The leftist Guardian's heading was: "Ratings sink and obstacles amass as Sunak completes first ...Half a million UK workers strike over pay amid high inflation
London, Feb 2 Up to half a million teachers, university staff, train drivers and civil servants in the UK went on a strike in the largest coordinated action for years amid high inflation and lengthy disputes over pay. On Wednesday, members of the National Education Union in England and Wales ...
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