The United Kingdom is to build four extra prisons to create 6,500 extra cells. The prisons are currently overcrowded, which has resulted in hundreds of convicts being released early this year. Justice Minister Shabana Mahmood presented a ten-year plan on Wednesday to solve the crisis. The four extra prisons are […]
US President Joe Biden does not plan to attend King Charles’s coronation. American and British media write that based on different sources. And that is apparently not so exceptional. On May 6, 2023, Charles will be officially crowned as British King. And Joe Biden reportedly won’t be among them. Sources […]
Small British companies may have received 640 million pounds in corona loans when they were not entitled to them. This was reported by the British state-owned bank British Business Bank. These companies received a loan through the Bounce Back Loan Scheme, which compensated small British companies for loss of income […]
In the United Kingdom, nurses and paramedics were laid off from work en masse on Monday. They demand more pay. More than 100,000 male nurses and 10,000 paramedics are on strike on Monday. It is the largest strike ever within the National Health Service (NHS), the overarching British health system. […]
New British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, is reversing almost all of his predecessor’s tax cuts. According to Hunt, borrowing money to pay for tax cuts is irresponsible. New British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced those cuts designed to boost economic growth three weeks ago. The British pound reacted […]
British opposition Labor leader Keir Starmer does not want a new Conservative prime minister to succeed Boris Johnson. “There must be a new government.” “The Conservative Party has been in power for 12 years now. That party has plunged our country into chaos. The cost of living has skyrocketed […]
The British Queen Elizabeth (96) will not be present at any of the four Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace. Those are being organized again for the first time since 2019, but standing up for an hour is very difficult for the 96-year-old Queen. In addition, concerns about her health […]
A deceased patient has been in a hospital room in the British town of Grimsby for four days. The health authorities investigate how the person could have gone undetected for so long. The relatives have been offered an apology from the hospital. An investigation was launched into the circumstances […]
A British intelligence agency says that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has stalled on most fronts. As a result, the Russian troops suffered heavy losses and hardly gained any territory. Ukraine’s defences remain fierce and well-coordinated, and all major cities remain in Ukrainian hands, the agency said. Russia invaded Ukraine […]
The United Kingdom has imposed a new package of sanctions against Russia and Belarus over the attack on Ukraine. Following the EU lead, London is scrapping trade privileges both countries have as the World Trade Organization (WTO) members. The export of luxury goods to Russia will be banned in […]
