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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.
UK govt expected to call N. Ireland poll
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» BELFAST: The British government was on Friday expected to call the second election this year in Northern Ireland after UK and regional lawmakers failed to resolve a standoff over post-Brexit trade rules.
N. Ireland moves closer to fresh elections
AFP, Published on 27/10/2022
» BELFAST: Northern Ireland on Thursday appeared headed for a second election this year after the leader of the pro-UK Democratic Unionist Party said his grouping had not changed its position on contentious post-Brexit trade rules.
Rishi Sunak is a new and old-fashioned Tory
News, Published on 27/10/2022
» It is a nice coincidence that Rishi Sunak has won the leadership of the Conservative Party, and hence the prime ministership, on the most important day of Diwali, the "festival of light" celebrated by Hindus, along with Sikhs, Jains, and some Buddhists. Diwali supposedly marks the triumph of "light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance". It is also associated with wealth and prosperity. In February 2020, Mr Sunak took his oath of office as chancellor of the exchequer holding a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and celebrated Diwali by putting lights outside his official residence at Number 11 Downing Street. He will now be the first Hindu to become UK prime minister. His time in office will hinge on his ability to deliver a reasonable measure of prosperity to a country that is in dire economic straits.