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Recession-hit UK needs more migrant labour: business group
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain needs more migrant labour to boost productivity as it faces a toxic mix of soaring inflation and shrinking growth, the country's main business lobby group warned Monday.
Recession-hit UK needs more migrant labour: business lobby
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» BIRMINGHAM (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain needs more migrant labour to boost productivity as it faces a toxic mix of soaring inflation and shrinking growth, the country's main business lobby group warned Monday.
No backsliding on Brexit, says UK PM
AFP, Published on 21/11/2022
» LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday denied that his government was seeking to row back on the UK's EU withdrawal deal, despite an apparent growing backlash against Brexit.
UK's remote Pitcairn islanders see no Brexit bounty
AFP, Published on 18/11/2022
» ADAMSTOWN, Pitcairn Islands: The Pitcairn Islands, a volcanic outcrop halfway between South America and New Zealand, is the UK's only overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean and home to only 46 people.
UK budget set to deliver more economic pain
AFP, Published on 17/11/2022
» LONDON - Britain is set Thursday to unveil hefty tax rises and spending cuts at the risk of worsening a cost-of-living crisis for millions in the recession-bound economy.
UK budget predicted to be a nightmare before Christmas
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» LONDON: Britain will Thursday hike taxes and slash public spending in a government budget that signals a return to austerity despite a cost-of-living crisis and recession headwinds.
Irish PM sees 'opportunity' to end Brexit dispute
AFP, Published on 11/11/2022
» BLACKPOOL, England: Irish prime minister Micheal Martin on Friday said there was "a window of opportunity" for Britain and the European Union to resolve a dogged dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland.
Britain, France look to reset frayed ties under Sunak
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» PARIS - After years of public rows and even a brief naval stand-off in the Channel, Britain and France are looking to reset their relations under new UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
'Terror' motive behind UK immigration centre attack: police
AFP, Published on 06/11/2022
» LONDON - Last week's firebombing of a UK migrant processing centre was motivated by "terrorist ideology", counter terrorism police said on Saturday.
Trussonomics: No better than 'liberty' lettuce
Oped, Published on 29/10/2022
» Following the brutal market backlash against her plans for unfunded tax cuts and tens of billions of pounds in additional spending, Liz Truss resigned as British prime minister, succeeded by her Tory rival, Rishi Sunak. The international media is now struggling to make sense of it all, but the task may be impossible. I have been working at it for over a decade and remain perplexed.