UK to call Northern Ireland election within next 12 weeks
The British government on Friday promised to call a fresh election to Northern Ireland’s devolved parliament within the next 12 weeks in a bid to break a political stalemate that…
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France’s Macron agreed with new British PM Sunak to deepen ties
French President Emmanuel Macron and Britain’s new prime minister Rishi Sunak discussed the issue of clandestine migration across the English Channel in their first telephone conversation since Sunak took office,…
PM Rishi Sunak gathers cabinet to begin ‘hard work’ of fixing British economy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will gather his newly appointed cabinet for the first time on Wednesday, a day after taking power with a promise to fix the mistakes of…
British pound fiasco boosts bitcoin’s hedge appeal
As a developed nation, you know your currency’s in a spot of bother when investors start to hedge with bitcoin. After Britain’s brief Prime Minister Liz Truss unleashed her mini-budget…
UK and EU must work together, bloc’s chairman tells new PM Rishi Sunak
The European Union and Britain need to work together to face shared challenges, the bloc’s chairman said on Monday after Rishi Sunak became Britain’s new prime minister. Britain became the…
Rishi Sunak set to become Britain’s new Prime Minister
Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leadership of Britain’s Conservative party and will become the country’s first prime minister of colour. Penny Mordaunt, the last…
‘Not The Right Time’: Boris Johnson pulls out of UK PM race
Britain’s Boris Johnson on Sunday dramatically ended an audacious bid to return to power within weeks of having been ousted, announcing he would not run to replace outgoing leader Liz…
Rishi Sunak: I am standing to be British prime minister
Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak confirmed on Sunday he was standing to replace Liz Truss as prime minister. “The United Kingdom is a great country but we face a…
Boris Johnson flies back to Britain to attempt rapid comeback
Boris Johnson is flying back to Britain as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down,…
Goldman Sachs sees deeper UK recession after tax U-turn
Goldman Sachs analysts have downgraded Britain’s economic outlook after Prime Minister Liz Truss removed Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor and reversed a freeze in corporation tax, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday.…