LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party unveiled its election manifesto on Thursday, including a sweeping programme of nationalisation reversing decades of pro-privatisation public policy. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn holds his party’s manifesto during its launch in Birmingham, Britain November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble Below are details of their economic strategy and
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FILE PHOTO: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab speaks during the Conservative Party in Manchester, Britain, September 29, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Thursday it had arranged for some orphans to be brought home from Syria, joining Germany, Belgium and Australia in repatriating children whose parents were suspected members of Islamic State. Britain
FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail postal worker stands in the yard of a sorting office in Altrincham, Britain October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Phil Noble (Reuters) – Royal Mail, one of the world’s oldest postal services, on Thursday posted an operating profit in the first half compared with a loss last year, benefiting from higher parcel volumes
LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth presented broadcaster David Attenborough with an award on Wednesday for his hit BBC nature series Blue Planet II, which raised public awareness around the world of the danger of plastic pollution in oceans. David Attenborough speaks before accepting the annual Chatham House award in London, Britain November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Simon
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson shook hands with his rival, opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, during a live television debate on Tuesday as both men agreed to improve the tone of Britain’s political debate. The two men shook hands after the ITV debate host Julie Etchingham asked: “Will you shake hands to
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party will on Tuesday take aim at “obscene” billionaires, pledging a radical redistribution of wealth to cut the power of the super rich who it says bankroll Prime Minister Boris Johnson in return for tax breaks. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s opposition Labour Party Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell speaks on new
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he was putting on hold further cuts in corporation tax and told voters he would use the money for spending on health and other priorities. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the annual CBI Conference in London, Britain November 18, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
FILE PHOTO: British musician Paul McCartney performs during the “One on One” tour concert in Porto Alegre, Brazil October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Diego Vara LONDON (Reuters) – Former Beatle Paul McCartney will headline Glastonbury Festival, the pinnacle of Britain’s pop music calendar, for its 50th anniversary next year, organisers said on Monday. The 77-year-old last played
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks as he visits an electric car plant in Warwickshire, Britain November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Conservatives will deliver Brexit and end the uncertainty and confusion that has “paralysed” the economy if they are re-elected next month, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell business
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson addresses his supporters in front of the general election campaign trail bus in Manchester, Britain November 15, 2019. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that all Conservative Party candidates in the Dec. 12 election have pledged to back his Brexit deal,
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew said in comments broadcast on Friday that he had no recollection of ever meeting an American woman who alleges she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage. FILE PHOTO: Horse Racing – Royal Ascot – Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain – June 20, 2019 Britain’s Prince
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew said in comments broadcast on Friday that he had no recollection of ever meeting an American woman who alleges she was forced to have sex with him when she was underage. FILE PHOTO: Horse Racing – Royal Ascot – Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Britain – June 20, 2019 Britain’s Prince
(Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party says if it wins the Dec. 12 election it will nationalise BT’s (BT.L) broadband network and provide free internet for all within a decade, a radical election pledge to roll back decades of private ownership. People walk past British Telecom (BT) headquarters in London, Britain, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Simon
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – A 23-year-old Briton has cooked up a compostable compound she hopes will one day replace much single-use plastic – and its main ingredient is byproducts of the fishing industry. Lucy Hughes created MarinaTex for her final year project in product design at the University of Sussex. It’s also edible and, she
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage attends a general election campaign event in Sedgefield, Britain, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Heppell LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage said on Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party was using an array of “disgraceful” tactics to try to prevent his candidates from standing in the Dec.
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will promise on Wednesday to get Britain out of its Brexit “rut” if he wins a Dec. 12 election, saying the world is baffled by why the country is so “hesitant about its future.” Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks with Lt Col Tom Robinson from the Light Dragoons