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Report: UK health sector saw record number of staff leaving work in 2022
Jul 03, 2023 04:55A new report says a record number of nearly 170,000 workers left their jobs in the National Health Service (NHS) in England last year as the country's health system struggles with some of the worst pressures in its history.
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UK govt. Rwanda deportation plan unlawful: appeals court
Jun 30, 2023 06:08A UK court has blocked government plans to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. The country's Court of Appeals said the plan was unlawful. Rights groups and asylum seekers had appealed an earlier decision by another court which gave the go-ahead for the controversial deportation policy.
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Poverty across UK forces 11.3mn Britons into hunger, report reveals
Jun 28, 2023 05:00A landmark research study has revealed an excruciating extent of food poverty across Britain as the general public grapple with soaring inflation and the highest cost-of-living in a generation.
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UK cost of living crisis: When will it end?
Jun 28, 2023 04:53A UK parliamentary committee has heard from the CEOs of some of the country’s major supermarkets which have been accused of grotesque profiteering in the middle of a cost of living crisis. At the moment, food inflation in the UK remains at nearly 19 percent.
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US luring ‘variety’ of nations to join AUKUS in defiance of Russia, China warnings
Jun 27, 2023 09:46Senior US officials say they are in talks with a “variety” of countries about possibly adding them to the second phase of the Indo-Pacific AUKUS security pact, amid escalating tensions between world powers.
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Ukraine hit Crimea-linked bridge with UK-supplied missiles: Russia
Jun 23, 2023 10:27Russian officials have said Kiev forces have used long-range missiles supplied by the UK to attack a bridge connecting Kherson province to the Crimean peninsula.
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Victims of Britain’s Windrush era still waiting for justice
Jun 22, 2023 11:32Commemorative events are taking place across the UK to mark the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the vessel HMT Empire Windrush, marking the start of increased migration from former colonies to Britain.
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Russia says Ukraine planning to strike Crimea with US, UK missiles
Jun 20, 2023 13:45Russia says it has obtained information that Ukraine is planning to strike Crimea with longer-range American and British missiles.
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UK parliament endorses report on former prime minister's malfeasance
Jun 20, 2023 05:54Britain's parliament has endorsed a report that has found former prime minister, Boris Johnson, culpable of lying about his lockdown-breaking parties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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UK parliament introduces bill prohibiting boycott of Israeli goods
Jun 20, 2023 01:39Britain’s parliament is considering a government bill that would bar local councils from boycotting Israeli goods, drawing outrage from civil society organizations.