Cutting government staff, UK Chancellor tries to defuse tax cut row
British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out plans on Monday to cut the number of public officials working in government to save 1 billion pounds, an...
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Flexible hours, sick pay and meals: British workers get a better deal
For Josh Hughes-Davies, the best thing about his job in a bar in the coastal city of Brighton is the free meal with every shift....
UK PM Sunak says there are no plans for now to send British troops to Ukraine
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Sunday there were no immediate plans to deploy military instructors to Ukraine, rowing back from reported comments by...
UK finance minister Hunt rules out near-term tax cuts
Britain’s finance minister Jeremy Hunt ruled out near-term tax cuts ahead of a mid-year fiscal statement due on Nov. 22, but said in a newspaper...
UK growth revised up to show faster post-pandemic recovery
Britain’s economic performance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been stronger than previously thought, with faster growth than Germany or France, according to...
Bank of England sets out insurance reform to boost investment
The Bank of England on Thursday set out a reform of capital rules for insurers to “unlock tens of billions of pounds” for investments in...
Ryanair boss sees weaker UK winter demand than in Europe
Irish budget airline Ryanair’s RYA.I boss Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday the UK air travel industry was weaker than Europe’s as British consumers grapple with...
UK workers take most sick leave in over 10 years, employers say
British workers took the most sick leave in more than a decade during the past year, a survey of employers showed on Tuesday, adding to...
UK police investigate sex assault allegations following Russell Brand reports
British police said on Monday they had launched an investigation into a number of allegations of non-recent sexual offences following media reports that four women...
A year after budget crisis, UK debt faces fresh pensions headwind
Britain’s pensions industry, Europe’s biggest, is posing a new challenge to the country’s 2 trillion pound ($2.5 trillion) government bond market a year on from...
