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New Haiti PM sworn in as airliner hit by gunfire. Businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime was sworn in as Haiti’s new prime minister on Monday as a gun attack on a passenger jet at the capital's airport underscored the utter breakdown in law and order in the Caribbean country.But conditions sharply worsened at the end of February when armed groups launched coordinated attacks in the …
How ready are Europe, Nato and the UK for a second Trump …
3 days ago · As previously reported by Yahoo News, the US spent $916 billion on defence in 2023, accounting for 68% of total NATO military spending. The UK was actually the second biggest spender last year followed by Germany ($67bn), France ($61bn) and Italy ($36bn). Poland, which shares a border with Ukraine, clearly takes its defence seriously, spending ...
Britain faces huge challenge to meet 2030 clean power goal, grid ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Britain faces a huge challenge to meet its goal of decarbonising the electricity system by 2030 with rapid reform required, the country’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) said in a report for the government on Tuesday. The decarbonisation target, which will mean moving away from fossil fuels and a rapid increase in wind and solar power, is part of …
Nine boats carrying 572 people intercepted crossing the Channel
3 days ago · Nine boats carrying 572 people were intercepted crossing the Channel on Saturday, according to the Home Office. This bring the total number of migrants to arrive so far this year to 32,691 which is up 22% on the same time last year (26,699) but still 18% less than recorded by November 2022 (39,929). The latest crossings come as Prime Minister ...
University tuition fees to increase for first time in eight years amid ...
Nov 4, 2024 · University tuition fees in England will increase for the first time in eight years next Autumn, the Education Secretary announced on Monday.. Bridget Phillipson said fees would have to rise in line with inflation to "secure the future of higher education". Fees for domestic undergraduate students have been capped at £9,250 per year in England since 2017.
What Kemi Badenoch means for the UK’s fragile consensus on …
Nov 6, 2024 · The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters.Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.. However, the election of Kemi Badenoch as leader of the …
UK govt defends 'tough decisions' ahead of first budget
28 October 2024 · 3-min read. Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer defends 'tough decisions' ahead of his government's first budget (Darren Staples) (Darren Staples/POOL/AFP) Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday defended "tough decisions" over taxes and public spending set to be unveiled in his Labour party's maiden budget this week.
Worst of Britain’s Brexit pain is still to come, admits Treasury minister
Nov 3, 2024 · The majority of Brexit’s impact on Britain’s economy is still to be felt, a minister has warned.. In a damning assessment of Britain’s departure from the European Union, Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq said 60 per cent of the impact of Brexit is yet to materialise.. The Treasury economic secretary cited Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasts that the economy …
UK politics live: Budget means weekly pay to rise just £13 in 20 …
Oct 31, 2024 · Rachel Reeves Budget measures mean that by 2028 weekly wages will have grown by £13 pounds over the last twenty years, an economic think-tank has said.. The Resolution Foundation has warned that the pay outlook is “dire” and many UK workers will not feel any better off by the end of this Parliament.. Mike Brewer, Interim Chief Executive of the …
UK wealth gap surges by nearly 50% in under a decade, research …
Oct 17, 2024 · There was a similar increase of 49 per cent in the absolute gap between the wealthiest and middle 10 per cent, whose wealth rose from £7.3bn to £10.8bn over the same period, the analysis shared with The Independent found.. While the richest 10 per cent of households have consistently owned around half of the total wealth in the UK for several …