Alex Morales
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UK Won’t Be Held to Ransom by Striking Unions, Minister Says
UK ministers won’t be held to ransom by striking workers calling for more pay, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said, as the government grapples with a wave of industrial action hitting hospitals, the railways and airports. → Read More
UK’s Sunak Urges Company Executives to Embrace Pay Restraint
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak urged UK executives to rein in excessive pay awards as he seeks to keep a lid on double-digit inflation. → Read More
UK Tories See ‘Rishi Bounce,’ Narrow Labour’s Lead in New Poll
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party extended their recovery since Rishi Sunak became prime minister, narrowing the Labour Party’s lead by six points in four days in a poll by Redfield & Wilton Strategies. → Read More
Mordaunt Bids to Lead UK by Showing Tories What They Missed
Penny Mordaunt stood in for UK Prime Minister Liz Truss temporarily in the House of Commons on Monday. Now she wants the job full time. → Read More
UK Labour Leads Tories by 25 Points in Savanta ComRes Poll
The UK’s opposition Labour Party surged to a 25-point lead over the ruling Conservatives in a Savanta ComRes poll on Monday that highlights the damage done to Liz Truss’s Tories by her economic strategy 10 days ago. → Read More
Tory Contender Rishi Sunak Sees No UK Income Tax Cuts Before Fall 2023
Rishi Sunak, who is in the final runoff to be Conservative leader and the next UK prime minister, does not envisage being able to cut personal taxes until the fall of 2023 at the earliest. → Read More
Boris Johnson Reveals Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
Boris Johnson revealed a controversial plan to send asylum seekers who cross the English Channel to Rwanda, a move the U.K. prime minister said will face significant legal hurdles as he tries to position his government on a flash-point political issue. Migrants who come to Britain on small boats risk being sent to the African state, Johnson said in a speech on Thursday. The measure, which is a… → Read More
Sunak’s Popularity Slumps With U.K. Tories Over Cost of Living
Rishi Sunak’s standing among grassroots members of the ruling U.K. Conservative Party plummeted after the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered a Spring Statement widely criticized as not doing enough to help Britons struggling with the rising cost of living. → Read More
U.K.’s Johnson Pushes to Make Nuclear 25% of 2050 Power Mix
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to make nuclear power 25% of the nation’s electricity mix by 2050, a strategy that would bolster the renewables industry and help wean the economy off a dependence on Russia’s fossil fuels. The government is considering setting that target after meeting with industry executives Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be… → Read More
Macron Promises to Keep Pressure on U.K. Over Ukrainian Refugees
France said it would keep up pressure on the U.K. to take more refugees from Ukraine, after Boris Johnson’s government was forced to relax visa rules in the face of mounting domestic and overseas pressure. → Read More
U.K. Tells Ports Not to Provide Access to Russian Ships
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps told U.K. ports not to provide access to Russian ships, as Britain moved to further expand its sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. “These vessels are not welcome here,” Shapps said Monday on Twitter. “Prohibiting legislation” will follow, he said. → Read More
U.K. Plans New Law to Crack Down on Foreign Money Laundering
The U.K. accelerated plans to crack down on money laundering with sweeping new laws to register foreign owners of British property and expand government powers to investigate the source of their wealth. → Read More
Europe’s Governments Face a Reckoning as Energy Prices Surge
Politicians are stepping in to help consumers with soaring bills, but the stopgap measures won’t be enough. → Read More
U.K. Labour to Force Vote Seeking Sales Tax Cut for Energy Bills
The U.K. Labour Party plans to force a vote in Parliament on Tuesday on a proposal to cut sales tax on domestic energy bills, as the main opposition seeks to ratchet up the pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ease the burden of rising prices on consumers. If approved, the binding motion would guarantee Parliamentary time on Feb. 1 to debate legislation to cut value added tax on fuel… → Read More
U.K. Gives Itself Three Months to Find Fix for Energy Price Rise
The U.K. government is giving itself until April to find a solution to soaring gas prices since that’s when consumers would start feeling the bite of a new price cap on utility bills. → Read More
Boris Johnson Sees Nothing in U.K. Covid Data to Warrant Further Curbs
The U.K. government sees nothing in the data to suggest the need for further Covid-19 regulations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman said, even as new cases remain at record levels. → Read More
U.K. on Edge Heading Into Christmas Overshadowed by Omicron
Boris Johnson has given Britons the Christmas he has long promised -- some light-touch pandemic restrictions but with no limits on family gatherings. The big question is over what comes next. → Read More
Johnson Rules Out Tighter U.K. Covid Rules Before Christmas
Boris Johnson ruled out stricter pandemic rules before Christmas, as he sought to draw a line under speculation Britons might have to tear up their festive plans for a second year. → Read More
Seven Options for Sunak to Help U.K. Business Weather Omicron Wave
Rishi Sunak will hold crisis talks with U.K. businesses on Friday about how to counter the fallout from a record surge in coronavirus infections. → Read More
U.K. Offers Glimmer of Hope on Aid for Pandemic-Hit Businesses
The U.K. dangled the prospect of more assistance for hospitality businesses hit by a record surge in coronavirus. → Read More