UK’s Starmer vows ‘partnership’ with unions but warns on pay
Brighton (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday pledged to reset industrial relations strained by widespread strike ...
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UK’s Starmer warns October 30 budget will be ‘painful’
London (AFP) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned Tuesday that his new government's first budget in just over two ...
UK Labour’s move to tax private schools stirs passions
London (AFP) - UK's Labour government has vowed to tax private schools in order to boost public education and create ...
UK warns of extra £22bn hole in public finances
London (AFP) - Britain's Labour finance minister Rachel Reeves declared Monday that the public finances face an extra £22-billion hole ...
Finance minister to reveal fiscal audit of ‘broke’ Britain
London (AFP) - Finance minister Rachel Reeves will on Monday claim Britain is "broke and broken" when she reveals the ...
UK to reveal £20 bn hole in public finances: reports
London (AFP) - Britain's new Labour government will announce next week that the country's public finances have an additional hole ...
Rachel Reeves: Britain’s first woman finance chief
London (AFP) - Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England ...
New UK government faces tough economic challenge
London (AFP) - Britain's new Labour government on Friday pledged immediate action to grow the economy after the centre-left party ...
New UK government faces tough economic challenge
London (AFP) - Britain's new Labour government on Friday pledged immediate action to grow the economy after the centre-left party ...
Rachel Reeves: Britain’s first woman finance chief
London (AFP) - Rachel Reeves, Britain's first woman finance minister, is a former child chess champion and Bank of England ...
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