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LONDON — The U.K. is reviewing its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty, a controversial international investment agreement, over fears it could hold back the country’s net zero plans. Energy …
UK weighing exit from controversial energy treaty Read More
LONDON — Rishi Sunak’s finally splashing the cash. But will his latest round of pay rises be enough to calm restive public sector workers? On Thursday the U.K. prime minister …
Rishi Sunak hikes public sector pay — but the devil’s in the details Read More
A legal challenge against an onshore oil project in Horse Hill, Surrey will be heard in the Supreme Court on 21 and 22 June. The years-long case challenges Surrey County Council’s failure …
Pivotal case against UK fossil fuel project gets its day in the Supreme Court Read More
The government handed almost half a billion pounds to private healthcare companies to fix the NHS backlog last year, yet is still struggling to treat any more patients than it …
NHS paid private firms £500m to ‘ease backlog’. Fewer patients got seen Read More
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – The price cap on Russian oil exports to be imposed by G7 countries and Australia next month will apply only to seaborne cargoes through the …
G7 Russian oil price cap applies only to seaborne crude Read More
Nurses across the UK are set to strike in the first ever national action over a pay dispute. The strike ballot among more than 300,000 members of the Royal College …
Nurses set to strike in first ever national action – as patients braced for disruption Read More
New data on children in need reveals the scale of criminal and sexual exploitation of children – so why does the Government see modern slavery as an issue for illegal …
Thousands of Children At Risk of Criminal Exploitation as Government Classifies Modern Slavery as an Immigration Issue Read More
The UK’s economic outlook has been downgraded from “stable” to “negative” by the rating agency Moody’s because of political instability and high inflation. Moody’s said the change in outlook was …
UK economic outlook downgraded to ‘negative’ by rating agency Read More
People living in the poorest and coldest regions of the UK will be the worst affected along with those who are already most likely to be struggling with the cost …
Two-thirds of UK households to be in fuel poverty by the new year, according to new report Read More
Soaring inflation and economic instability has weighed on UK food and drink dealmaking, with the past quarter seeing the lowest number of deals completed since the depth of the Covid …
Economic instability blamed for decrease in food & drink dealmaking Read More