British troops have taken part in a training exercise alongside Swedish and Finnish armed forces as the two Nordic countries prepare their accession to the NATO military alliance. Exercise Vigilant Knife, which took place in northern Finland from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, was intended to further strengthen the interoperability of the three armed forces,…
British Troops Join Training Drill With Swedish and Finnish Forces
September 4, 2022
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UK Parliament’s Partygate Probe ‘Fundamentally Flawed’: Government Lawyer
A UK Parliamentary investigation into Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s partygate scandal is “unfair” and “fundamentally flawed,” a top lawyer hired by the government has argued. The probe being conducted by the Privileges Committee of the House of Commons aims to establish whether Johnson committed contempt of Parliament by telling the House on several occasions that…
Voting in UK Conservative Leadership Contest Enters Final Day
The final day of voting in the UK Conservative Party leadership contest has begun, with the result set to be announced on Sept. 5. Either Foreign Secretary Liz Truss or former chancellor Rishi Sunak will be announced as the new party leader and UK prime minister next week. Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his…
‘Go Nuclear, Go Large’ to Boost UK’s Energy Security: Boris Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stressed the need to “go nuclear” to boost the UK’s energy security as he promised £700 million ($810 million) of funding for the planned Sizewell C nuclear power project. In his last major policy speech before leaving office next week, Johnson said the spike in gas prices driven by Russian…
UK Conservative Leadership Hopeful Liz Truss Rules out New Taxes If Elected PM
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the Conservative Party leadership race, has claimed there will be no new taxes if she becomes prime minister. Speaking at the 12th and final leadership hustings held in London, Truss reiterated that her two priorities are to cut taxes and to secure the UK’s energy supply as…
UK Chancellor Zahawi Visits US to Seek Joint Solution to Cost-of-Living Crisis
August 30, 2022
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The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Nadhim Zahawi is visiting the United States this week to seek joint solutions to the cost-of-living crisis with U.S. government officials and financial executives. During his trip to New York and Washington, Zahawi will push for cooperation on energy security, financial services, and tackling spiralling prices and slower growth,…
Energy Prices for British Households Will Rise by 80 Percent by October: Regulator
August 27, 2022
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British households will face an 80 percent rise in energy prices by October, the UK energy regulator Ofgem has warned. Ofgem announced on Aug. 26 that the energy price cap for around 24 million households in England, Scotland, and Wales will rise by 80.06 percent on Oct. 1, sending the average household’s yearly bill from…
UK’s COVID-19 Response Was ‘Too Draconian’: PM Hopeful Truss
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said the UK’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was “too draconian” and that she would “never impose a lockdown” if she becomes prime minister. Truss, the frontrunner in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister, said she questioned the lockdown measures though she was…
British Gas Pledges to Donate 10 Percent of Profit to Struggling Customers
August 25, 2022
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British Gas has pledged to donate 10 percent of its profits to help people struggling with rising energy bills. The firm said it will contribute the money to the British Gas Energy Support Fund for the duration of the energy crisis, backdated to the start of 2022, to “help the most financially vulnerable customers.” British…
UK Rushed Into COVID-19 Lockdowns Without Considering Costs, Suppressed Dissent: Sunak
The UK government plunged the country into COVID-19 lockdowns without properly considering the social and economic costs, and dissenting voices in the Cabinet and in the scientific community were suppressed, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak has revealed. The government imposed three national lockdowns on the population during the pandemic, but it never properly examined the likely…
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