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Goldman Sachs sees UK economy slipping into recession later this year
Aug 29, 2022 08:31A leading US-based investment banking company has warned of a recession looming over Britain as a result of surging inflation and worsening cost-of-living crisis that has hit Britons hard in recent months.
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800,000 children face hunger in UK; don’t qualify for free school meals: Report
Aug 29, 2022 02:01Hundreds of thousands of children could go hungry across Britain as their families do not qualify for free meal programs that are run by schools.
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Ukrainian refugees in UK facing homelessness ‘disaster’ next year
Aug 28, 2022 09:25Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the UK have been warned that they could be homeless next year.
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Unions threaten ‘waves of industrial action’ over UK cost of living crisis
Aug 28, 2022 08:39British unions are threatening a wave of coordinated industrial strike action in the coming weeks as millions of low-paid workers are reeling from the cost of living crisis.
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Strike by waste workers in Scotland fills streets with garbage
Aug 28, 2022 02:08A strike by Scottish refuse workers over a pay dispute continues in Edinburgh, resulting in piles of rubbish and overflowing bins in the city center.
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British protest outside Ofgem HQ after dramatic rise in energy bills
Aug 27, 2022 09:51Hundreds of Britons have protested outside the headquarters of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) in London over “astronomical” energy price hikes.
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UK nearly doubles energy price amid worsening cost-of-living crisis
Aug 26, 2022 08:26Britain has announced a whopping 80-percent hike in electricity and gas bills, bearing testimony to the country's worsening cost-of-living crisis just before winter sets in and the new prime minister takes office.
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Report: UK 'secretly' doubles funding to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
Aug 26, 2022 08:04The UK government’s funding for Saudi Arabia and Bahrain has more than doubled this year through Persian Gulf Strategy Fund (GSF) for unknown reasons, according to a report.
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French MPs hit out at UK for turning Channel into sewage 'dumping ground'
Aug 26, 2022 08:00Three French lawmakers have hit out at Britain for putting the environment, livelihood of fishermen, and public health at greater risk by allowing raw sewage to be dumped in the Channel and the North Sea.
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Kenyans sue UK government over colonial-era theft, torture
Aug 23, 2022 12:26A group of Kenyans have filed a lawsuit against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights over colonial-era land theft, torture and mistreatment of their forefathers.