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Labour leader Starmer pledges to 'repair' UK
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» LIVERPOOL - Britain's opposition leader will promise on Tuesday that a future Labour government would "heal" the UK after 13 years of Conservative rule, tackling a cost-of-living crisis sparked by Brexit, pandemic lockdowns and the war in Ukraine.
Rwanda 'safe' for deported asylum seekers: UK court told
AFP, Published on 09/10/2023
» LONDON: The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.
UK opposition hails Scottish by-election win
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's main opposition Labour party on Friday welcomed a big local election win in Scotland as a sign its electoral fortunes were changing head of a UK general election.
UK Labour Party seeks to maintain poll lead
AFP, Published on 05/10/2023
» LONDON - Britain's Labour opposition gathers this weekend for its annual conference, with the centre-left party currently on course to return to power in a general election expected next year.
High-speed rail row derails UK Tory conference
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» MANCHESTER, England - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday dodged questions over the future of the UK's second high-speed train line, as the issue overshadowed his Conservative party's annual conference.
UK minister questions relevance of UN refugee convention
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» LONDON - UK interior minister Suella Braverman is preparing to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech on Tuesday at a think-tank in Washington.
Charles hails 'indispensable' France-UK relationship
AFP, Published on 21/09/2023
» PARIS - King Charles III on Thursday pledged to do everything he could to strengthen the relationship between France and Britain, suggesting the "indispensable" partners could also team up to jointly tackle the climate emergency.
Injustice abounds
Postbag, Published on 10/09/2023
» Re: "Restore trust in justice", (BP, Editorial, Sept 8).
UK rejoins key European science programme
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» LONDON - Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research programme after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
Time to close the clean-tech gap
News, Published on 04/09/2023
» In the debate about how to curb global warming, climate action is often confused for climate justice. Many European countries (including the United Kingdom) have taken to self-flagellation, atoning for their long history of burning fossil fuels by attempting to decarbonise their domestic economies as quickly as possible, no matter the cost.