by admin | May 3, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] No ID, no vote — no matter who you are. Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station on Thursday after forgetting to bring proper identification to vote, British media are reporting. Johnson, who in 2022 introduced a...
by admin | May 3, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] LONDON: Britain’s governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as local election results pour in Friday, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears...
by admin | Apr 26, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] LONDON: Thames Water, the UK’s largest water supplier, has been ravaged since privatisation by soaring debts and chronic underinvestment, sinking into a deep financial crisis that has sparked bailout speculation.So how did Thames Water, which serves about...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — Steelworkers at Britain’s largest steel production plant voted to strike for the first time in around 40 years to protest the planned loss of 2,800 jobs by Indian owner Tata Steel, union officials said Thursday.The Unite trade union said...
by admin | Mar 12, 2024 | Worldnews
[ad_1] Former deputy chairman of Britain’s Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, has defected to the smaller right-wing Reform U.K. Party.Anderson was suspended from Parliament for suggesting that London Mayor Sadiq Khan is controlled by Islamists.Prime Minister...