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UK PM Sunak urged to sack Zahawi as party chair over tax affairs

Nadhim Zahawi is not planning to resign as the chair of the UK Conservative Party, despite paying a penalty to resolve a tax dispute with...

Mon, 23/01/2023 - 09:37


UK PM Sunak to pay fine for failing to wear seatbelt in video

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has accepted a fine from police for failing to wear a seatbelt while filming a social media clip in the back...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 19:56


UK considering injecting £300 million into struggling British Steel

The UK government is considering a plan to funnel nearly a third of a billion pounds towards British Steel to save the struggling metal maker...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 16:52


Irish wholesale price inflation slows to 2.5% in December

Wholesale price inflation in Ireland slowed in December, despite electricity prices spiking by 10% from a year earlier, according to the latest figures from the...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 13:08


UK health system faces biggest day of strikes next month

The UK’s crisis-hit National Health Service is set for its biggest ever day of industrial action next month after thousands of ambulance workers announced on...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 10:25


TOP NEWS: UK retail sales fall again in December; down 5.8% on year

UK retail sales are estimated to have fallen in December, according to the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics on Friday....

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 07:14


Around 1 million UK homes have lost all their pandemic price gains

Around one million homes across the UK have now had all the gains in value made during the coronavirus pandemic wiped out in recent months,...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 05:55


UK consumer confidence nears historic low amid inflation, energy costs

UK consumer confidence has fallen again to a near-historic low amid inflation woes and growing concern about another jump in energy bills.

GfK’s long-running Consumer...

Fri, 20/01/2023 - 05:49


UK in no rush for Northern Ireland election even if stalemate persists

UK Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said Thursday he would not rush into a decision on fresh elections in Northern Ireland, even if a deadline...

Thu, 19/01/2023 - 19:39


PRESS: BoE Governor Bailey suggest UK interest rates will peak at 4.5%

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey indicated that the UK bank rate is likely to peak at 4.5%, up from the current level of 3.5%,...

Thu, 19/01/2023 - 13:49


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