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UK strikes set to continue after government officials' talks with labor unions fail to resolve payment dispute
Jan 10, 2023 11:43The UK is set to witness more industrial actions by the country’s labor forces in different sectors after meetings between ministers and trade unions failed to end a wave of ongoing strikes across the economic-hit country.
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'Worst yet to come' for Britons already squeezed under cost-of-living crisis, think tank warns
Jan 10, 2023 05:16The worst impact of the cost-of-living crisis in the UK is yet to hit the already struggling Britons, a leading think tank has said, warning that families across the UK have only experienced half of the lost income they are expected to suffer during 2023.
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Britain mulling supply of Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine for first time: Report
Jan 10, 2023 02:46The British government is reportedly considering supplying tanks to Ukraine for the first time to help Kiev forces in the war with Russian troops, defying Moscow’s repeated calls for an end to funneling Western arms in the protracted conflict.
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UK government ministers meet union leaders in bid to end paralyzing wave of strikes
Jan 09, 2023 10:27UK government ministers are meeting with leaders of labor unions in a last-ditch effort to end the long-running strikes that have paralyzed the country’s rail network and health system over the past few months.
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UK’s Sunak calls for ‘radical actions’ as strikes by healthcare workers deepen
Jan 08, 2023 05:00British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called for “bold and radical” actions to end the crisis across UK's National Health Service (NHS), amid unprecedented strikes by health workers.
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Prince Harry’s confessions of murder in Afghanistan draw criticism from British army veterans, Taliban
Jan 08, 2023 04:54Prince Harry’s confessions of murder in Afghanistan have been met with a backlash from the media, commentators, army veterans, and even the Taliban, while Buckingham Palace kept silent on its widely leaked contents.
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Final day of planned rail strikes across UK: Only one in five British trains running
Jan 07, 2023 11:12Only one-fifth of train services have been functioning across the UK during the last few days as tens of thousands of rail workers walked out again for their fifth and final day of strikes on Saturday, disrupting the train services during the weekend.
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Top executives in UK earn average person's annual wage in days: Survey
Jan 06, 2023 11:53The top executives in Britain earned more in the first few days of 2023 than most ordinary workers earn all year, according to a new study, as the country grapples with the worsening cost-of-living crisis.
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UK to introduce strike law to contain industrial action in key sectors
Jan 06, 2023 11:50Britain will unveil strike legislation in order to contain industrial actions in its key sectors, as the country suffers from soaring inflation and countrywide strikes.
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UK's prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan
Jan 06, 2023 05:05The UK's Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan when he was acting as an Apache helicopter pilot during the invasion of Afghanistan, noting that these killings do not “embarrass” him.