UK govt handed $1.5m contract to firm that bribed Qaddafi’s son
AtkinsRealis won the contract in September 2023 and it is set to run until December 2025. There is no suggestion of any
Sunak claims Starmer could put Brexit in peril
Home Secretary Cleverly has claimed Labour will “open the door to 100,000 illegal migrants” which a Labour spokesperson has labelled as desperate
Gove compares election betting scandal to Partygate
Mason is being investigated by betting regulators, accused of placing dozens of bets on the election date according to the Times. He
Tories face election gambling scandal
Sunak says any election candidates or officials found to have broken rules would be kicked out of the party…reports Asian Lite News
Corbyn would have been better PM than Johnson, says Starmer
The Labour leader said that a landlord would not be able to get a final offer on rent from one possible tenant,
No normalization with Israel soon, says Saudi envoy to UK
The ambassador bemoaned how little global coverage the Saudi position on the crisis received, including Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s recent Hajj
Economists back Labour’s plan to end stagnation
The letter’s signatories include the Nobel prize winners Joe Stiglitz, Sir Christopher Pissarides and Sir Angus Deaton, as well as Sir Charles
Conservatives set for heavy election defeat, polls forecast
They are largely in line with previous surveys predicting a Labour victory, but show the scale of the Conservatives’ defeat could be
UK inflation falls to lowest level in almost three years
Even though inflation is falling, it does not mean the prices of goods and services overall are coming down, just that they
Labour condemns Tory candidate’s Kashmir appeal to voters
Kumar, whose last name is underlined for a supposed emphasis on her Indian ethnicity, responded by saying she did not believe religion