LAST UPDATE 09:24 At a new 30-year high, British inflation stood at 6.2% in February, the highest range for analysts. The average estimates of economists spoke of 5.9%. The figures come just hours before Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced how he would help ease the crisis by raising the cost of living. The ONS statistical […]
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US-UK agreement to lift tariffs on steel and aluminum
The US government announced on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the United Kingdom to lift the punitive tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by former US President Donald Trump in 2018, as well as British retaliation against US products. “This agreement will help (…) not only to guarantee the long-term viability of […]
Turn of the United Kingdom to ‘forgotten’ nuclear energy
Johnson is working to increase nuclear power plants to 20% of the country’s energy by 2050. Constantly increasing cost of living. Boris Johnson sees the cost of living for the British people rising dramatically in recent months while at the same time the country’s debt level has reached historically high levels, reaching 104% of GDP […]
Joint response to the war by Draghi, Biden, Macron, Soltz and Johnson, who spoke by telephone
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi had a telephone conversation this afternoon with US President Joe Biden, French President Emanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Soltz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of a conference the participation of the President of the United States in the next Summit of the European Union. According to a statement […]
Britain: Health Minister Javid pledges support for Ukrainian refugees
Britain could welcome hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Ukraine to escape the war in the coming weeks, said British Health Minister Sajid Javid. Following the launch of the Government Homes for Ukraine program at the weekend, Javid said those arriving in Britain would receive all the support they needed. This assurance was given by […]
Representative Johnson: Russian state behind misleading phone calls to British ministers
Russian government officials are “hiding” behind misleading phone calls to two UK government ministers and an attempt to make at least one more, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. The UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Pretty Patel have said they have been the target of such […]
Johnson: Brexit shows Britain loves freedom in the same way Ukrainians fight Russian invasion
LAST UPDATE: 17:52 The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today that it would be wrong to normalize relations with President Vladimir Putin after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to Reuters. “To try to normalize relations with Putin after that, as we did in 2014, would be to make exactly the same mistake again,” […]
The British Ministry of Finance promises a tax reduction
British Finance Minister Risi Sunak said on Friday that his priority was now to reduce taxes, having already taken steps to address the huge hole in public finances caused by the increase in public spending due to the pandemic, Reuters reported. “We made the difficult decisions we had to make,” Sunak told a Conservative conference. […]
Britain: The television license of the RT channel is revoked
LAST UPDATE: 10:31 Britain’s media regulator Ofcom said today it had revoked the Russian-backed RT (formerly Russia Today) television license, Reuters reported. “We do not consider RT eligible to be licensed in the UK and we are not convinced that it could be a responsible broadcaster,” Ofcom said on Twitter. Russia’s state-sponsored RT television channel […]
Britain – Coronavirus: AstraZeneca prevention treatment approved
The British Drug Regulatory Authority has approved treatment for COVID-19 based on AstraZeneca antibodies to prevent infections in adults with a weak immune response, a major step in the fight against pandemics as the number of infections increases worldwide. The decision to approve the use of Evusheld was welcomed by the government’s independent scientific advisory […]
