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Chaotic scenes occurred last night in the British House of Commons when voting on the fate of the moratorium on shale gas extraction. According to witnesses, the leadership of the Conservatives' parliamentary club intimidated and coerced its own MPs into supporting the government.more

UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman unexpectedly resigned from her post yesterday. This is the second change in Prime Minister Liz Truss's close cabinet in her 43 days in office - on Friday Kwasi Kwarteng was dismissed as Finance Minister. Grant Shapps - a former transport minister in Boris Johnson's government - replaces her.more

Struggling to survive in office, British Prime Minister Liz Truss again apologized yesterday for mistakes made that caused economic turbulence, but assured that she has no intention of resigning.more

Irish people have the second highest level of car dependency among EU citizens, according to the result of a new EU-wide survey. more

"Top secret" scenarios have been leaked to the British media, the purpose of which is to calm the British people if there are power cuts this winter. The leak came after the government's National Grid body issued a rare warning that energy could run out this winter.more

The Defence Secretary has made an emergency trip to the US to discuss the security situation in Ukraine, including the threat of a nuclear attack. Ben Wallace cancelled his appearance in front of the Commons Defence Committee on Tuesday and flew to the US for summits in the Pentagon and White House.more

A majority of British Tory Party members want Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign, and believe that if they could repeat the leadership election, Truss would lose it, and that the best candidate to replace her is her predecessor, Boris Johnson, according to a poll released yesterday.more

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace today cut through speculation that he would replace Liz Truss as prime minister and asserted that he wants to continue leading his ministry. He also criticized fellow Conservative Party members for "political parlor games."more

British Prime Minister Liz Truss apologized last night for the mistakes she made, but stressed that she still intends to lead the Conservative Party into the next House of Commons elections. The new finance minister believes in Prime Minister Truss and calls for her to be given another chance.more

An attempt to dismiss the new British prime minister, Liz Truss - who has held this position for less than a month and a half - may take place later this week - the media suggest, but at the same time indicate that it will be a bit procedural complicated.more

The new British Finance Minister, Jeremy Hunt, announced the government's withdrawal from almost all tax cuts announced just over three weeks ago by its predecessor and a significant cut in aid to energy bills.more

The series about the fate of Queen Elizabeth II and her relatives has aroused considerable controversy since its premiere. People around the royal family repeatedly accused the creators of distorting the facts. Now, similar allegations have been made by former British Prime Minister John Major.more

Keir Starmer has lashed out at Liz Truss after she ran out of a disastrous press conference on Friday. The Labour leader said that she was ‘in off ice, but not in power’ and described the Prime Minister as being a ‘threat’ to the UK. more

Britain's new finance minister, Jeremy Hunt, in an interview with the BBC released today, promised to restore the country's economic credibility, settling every penny of government spending and tax plans. At the same time, he assured that Prime Minister Liz Truss remained in power.more

US President Joe Biden criticized the plan to cut taxes abandoned by British Prime Minister Liz Truss. He decided that the proposal that Truss later withdrew was a "mistake".more

There were mistakes in the government's tax reform plan to cut taxes, especially for the richest, said UK Finance Minister John Hunt today. The politician appointed yesterday announced that some taxes would be raised, which would be a difficult decision.more

King Charles III muttered “dear, oh dear” as he greeted Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday night.more

Leaders at the European Union summit are to warn that any attack on critical infrastructure of member states (e.g. pipelines, underwater cables) will be met with response. They are also to call for cooperation in its protection in connection with the sabotage that led to leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines, media reports.more

UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng returned today from a business trip to a country where pressure is increasing on the government to break with economic policies causing turmoil in financial markets. Liz Truss fired Kwarteng, who was Britain's shortest-serving Chancellor of the Treasury since 1970, the BBC reported.more

While observing the parades and counting the tanks, President Vladimir Putin believed in his own propaganda of the invincible leader. Now, however, he has understood that the situation is different, and Russia is no longer a superpower - noted British Defense Minister Ben Wallace in an interview with the Evening Standard.more

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted a resolution condemning Russia's attempt to annex Ukrainian territory. 143 countries were in favor of the resolution, while only 5 were against, including Russia itself.more

An Post, the postal service in the Republic of Ireland, has launched a new digital stamp. Customers will receive a 12-digit unique code via the company's app which they can write onto their envelope where the traditional stamp would go.more

A British businessman who helped Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska evade sanctions has been arrested in London at the request of the U.S., the U.S. Justice Ministry said in a press release.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly told billionaire Elon Musk that he could use nuclear weapons if Ukraine made an "invasion" of Crimea, Eurasia Group hub CEO Ian Bremmer reported, citing a conversation with the businessman. Musk himself denied this on Twitter.more

Since Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the EU has been reorganizing; its center is shifting further east - notes the portal of the "Welt" daily. Germany was yesterday, now comes the eastern EU, which has become the new center of the continent - he emphasizes.more