The UK Home Office has earmarked at least £700 million to manage the flow of migrants across the Channel by 2030, according to a procurement briefing reported by the BBC today.more
French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday confirmed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Paris' support for opening negotiations on Ukraine's membership of the European Union, which is being blocked by Hungary.more
During his last visit to Israel at the end of November, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the country's authorities that the military intervention in Gaza must still end in December; however, this goal now seems very difficult to achieve, the website of the British weekly Economist reported yesterday.more
Struggling British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has appealed to Opposition Leader Keir Starmer to support a bill to allow the deportation of illegal immigrants to Rwanda, the Sunday Express reported. Meanwhile, the Conservatives' right wing continues to criticise the bill.more
The people have made it clear what they want and we will put that will into practice this afternoon, I hope. This is an epochal day, a day of fundamental change," announced today the leader of Poland 2050, Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Holownia.more
Cost-of-living pressures mean more people will borrow money this month to fund the festive celebrations, according to research commissioned by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC).
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Integrating the number of immigrants currently arriving in the UK is impossible, and if the Conservative Party does not reduce it, it will face the wrath of the electorate, Robert Jenrick, who stepped down as deputy immigration minister three days earlier, warned in the 'Daily Telegraph' yesterday.more
The leader of the British opposition Labor Party, Keir Starmer, was attacked last evening at the Glasgow railway station by a group of pro-Palestinian activists who accused him of contributing to the genocide in the Gaza Strip by siding with Israel. Two people were arrested.more
The UK is accusing Russia's Security Service, the FSB, of a sustained cyber-hacking campaign, targeting politicians and others in public life. The government said one group stole data through cyber-attacks, which was later made public, including material linked to the 2019 election.more
31.2 percent respondents believe that KO leader Donald Tusk will be a "good" or "excellent" prime minister, and 41.8 percent say he will be "bad" or "terrible". 22.1 percent of Poles, in turn, believe that the new prime minister will be "average" - according to an IBRiS survey conducted on behalf of "Rzeczpospolita".more
Britain is facing an "epidemic" of gay children being told they are transgender and being pressured into undergoing surgery, warned Kemi Badenoch, who, in addition to her position as business and trade minister, is secretary of state for equality.more
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted that during the Covid-19 pandemic he never supported a strategy to allow the coronavirus to spread in order to protect the economy. He also rejected suggestions that he was slow to act when cases began to rise again in the fall of 2020.more
A hacking group linked to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has been trying to interfere in British politics for at least several years, stealing confidential documents and attempting to eavesdrop on politicians' conversations, the British Foreign Office reported.more
Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister, saying the government's emergency Rwanda legislation "does not go far enough". He said "stronger protections" were needed to end "the merry-go-round of legal challenges which risk paralysing the scheme".more
Great Britain announced the imposition of sanctions on another 46 people and companies supporting Russian aggression against Ukraine. These include entities from Russia as well as from several third countries.more
72 percent EU citizens believe that their country has benefited from EU membership, and 70 percent citizens say that the actions taken by the EU have an impact on their everyday lives. At the same time, more than half of EU citizens (57%) are interested in the European elections that will take place on June 6-9, 2024 - according to a European Parliament survey published yesterday.more
Senate Republicans have blocked a move to pass an aid bill for Ukraine after failing to secure border compromises they sought in exchange. The $110bn (£87.3bn) package included $61bn for Ukraine, as well as funds for Israel and aid for Gaza.more
The Conservative Party risks "electoral oblivion within months" if the government's emergency rules on illegal immigration are not tough enough, former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman warned yesterday.more
Boris Johnson yesterday admitted that his government had made mistakes in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic and apologized for the pain, loss and suffering this had caused. He admitted that in the initial phase the scale of the coronavirus threat was underestimated.
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According to the new schedule of the Sejm session, on Monday - December 11 - at 3 p.m. (GMT+1) there will be a vote on the vote of confidence in Mateusz Morawiecki's government. Five hours later, Donald Tusk may be nominated by the Sejm as prime minister.more
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who led the government during the Covid-19 pandemic, will testify today and tomorrow at an ongoing public inquiry into the overall government response to it and - as the media suggests - apologize for the mistakes made.more
Britain has concluded a new treaty with Rwanda to return illegal immigrants - regardless of their nationality - who cross the English Channel. The British government hopes that the treaty will dispel the objections of the Supreme Court and that deportations will start in the spring.more
A new report from the Excel Recruitment group shows that retailers on the Green Island are increasing base salaries to retain departing employees. This phenomenon has been reported mainly in the clothing and non-food trade industries.more