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Ukraine's Zelensky makes surprise visit to London, seeking more arms
Feb 08, 2023 12:08Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has made a surprise visit to Britain, his second trip abroad since the onset of war with Russia, seeking more arms.
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UK must halt defense cuts in order to keep arming Ukraine, says shadow defense secretary
Feb 07, 2023 11:52UK shadow defense secretary is set to urge the conservative government to halt further cuts to the army, in a bid to keep supplying Ukraine with lethal arms and produce weapons and ammunition to restore the country’s already depleted military stockpiles.
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'Over 70% of UK households fear hit by cost-of-living crisis'
Feb 07, 2023 11:45More than 70 percent of UK households fear they will be severely hit by the cost-of-living crisis in the first part of 2023, up from 54 percent at the end of last year, a leading business company has revealed.
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Deadlock over NHS pay dispute puts patients’ lives at risk, UK chief nurses warn
Feb 06, 2023 12:07Deadlock over pay dispute across the UK National Health Service (NHS) is putting patients in danger and risks hardening the position of unions, 10 chief nurses have warned, as the health staff are staging the largest-ever strikes.
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Britain to face largest ever healthcare strikes as pay disputes drag on
Feb 06, 2023 04:28Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers across Britain are set to launch a walkout over low pay and working conditions, marking the biggest-ever strike action in the history of the National Health Service (NHS).
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Mass UK strikes as winter of discontent grows
Feb 03, 2023 09:28It's been described as the biggest coordinated industrial action in decades. Half a million people from across the public sector, out on streets, in picket lines, in England and Wales, are demanding better pay and conditions.
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UK backs down on plan to blacklist IRGC: Report
Feb 03, 2023 04:30The UK government has reportedly stopped plans to blacklist Islamic Revolution Guards Corps as reports say Foreign Office fears that the move would block the communications channels with Iran.
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UK to be worst-performing major economy in 2023, warns IMF
Feb 01, 2023 09:06The United Kingdom faces the bleakest two years of any major industrial nation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted, and is on course to become the only Group of Seven (G7) country whose economy will shrink this year.
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UK doesn't support idea of supplying warplanes to Ukraine
Feb 01, 2023 06:46The United Kingdom says it does not consider it to be practical to supply warplanes to Ukraine, despite Kiev's insistence that it needs the aircraft to sustain an ongoing military conflict with Russia.
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British teachers to join mass strike in row over pay
Feb 01, 2023 06:20Teachers in the United Kingdom are to join a mass walkout over a decade-long pay squeeze after talks between the government and unions ended without resolution.