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Amid financial squeeze, a $1.5m sculpture for UK PM’s garden
London, Nov 26 As millions feel a financial crunch in the UK, the government has splurged 1.3 million pounds (US$1.5 m) on a sculpture for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's garden. The bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, titled Working Model for Seated Woman, has been sent to 10 Downing Street amid ...Foreign students could be blocked from attending all but the best UK universities
London, Nov 25 Universities on Friday warned of potential job losses amid claims that foreign students could be banned from entering the UK unless they have a place at a top university, local media reported. Rishi Sunak is said to be mulling the action, along with a blanket ban on ...UK govt to put people sharing ‘deepfake’ porn behind bars
London, Nov 25 The UK government on Friday announced to put people who share so-called deepfakes -- explicit images or videos manipulated to look like someone without their consent -- behind bars. Under a planned amendment to the Online Safety Bill to protect women and girls, such offenders will be ...UK to be the second weakest performer of world’s big economies next year
Paris, Nov 22 The UK will be the second weakest performer among the world's big economies next year as the global economy continues to suffer the knock-on effects of the biggest energy shock in four decades, a leading international institution has warned, according to a media report. The Paris-based Organisation ...Mike Bloomberg forced to apologise after ex-UK PM speech criticising China
London, Nov 19 Billionaire financier Mike Bloomberg was forced to apologise to hundreds of guests at a major Asian business event in Singapore this week after complaints about a speech by former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that criticised China. Johnson, the after-dinner speaker at the flagship Bloomberg New Economy ...Britain facing a lost decade of pay growth
London, Nov 18 British families are facing a lost decade of pay growth as inflation is set to erode years of improving living standards, according to a media report. Rising prices over the next two years will completely wipe out salary increases built up over the last eight, according to ...UK Chancellor announces tax hikes, spending cuts to restore finances
London, Nov 18 UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Thursday announced a package of tax hikes and spending cuts worth 55 billion pounds ($65 billion) in a bid to improve the public finances and restore the country's economic credibility. "Today we deliver a plan to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and rebuild our ...Opposition Labour Party mounts attack on PM Rishi Sunak
London, Nov 17 The British opposition Labour Party's shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves on Thursday mounted a withering attack on the Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for allegedly allowing fraud during his tenure as Chancellor. Reeves tore into Sunak in the House of Commons, while responding to Chancellor ...Funds raised for Sikh driver ‘murdered’ in UK
London, Nov 17 More than 10,000 pounds have been raised in support of Anakh Singh, a Sikh taxi driver in the UK who was allegedly murdered last month while he was at work, local media reported. Singh, 59, a private hire driver working for ABC Cars, was pronounced dead in ...38 years on, UK MPs drum up support for Bhopal gas tragedy victims
London, Nov 17 Labour MPs, led by Indian-origin MP Navendu Mishra, have called on the UK government to give political support to victims of Bhopal gas tragedy, by providing swift justice, medical care and right compensation. "For the victims, their children and their families, whose lives and livelihoods have been ...
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