Labour pulls out all the stops to woo investors
Beyond a big bash to show Britain was “open for business” again after the chaotic years of Conservative government, the prime minister inviting the money changers to the temple had a symbolic
London Secures £100m Investment Deals
Mayor announces record-breaking £100m investment deals for Londoners. International investment across the capital has created nearly 10,000 jobs for Londoners in industries of the future such as technology, life sciences, and the
Labour MPs urge Reeves to spend more on ailing public services
About 70 colleagues have written to chancellor ahead of budget pleading for her to commit to rewriting fiscal rules Scores of Labour MPs are pleading with Rachel Reeves to embrace spending tens
British PM vows to slash red tape
Unions express concern as PM to say government will ‘rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment’ Keir Starmer will promise to slash red tape and “rip out the bureaucracy that blocks investment”
UK overseas aid budget faces £900m raid
With the amount spent on refugees and asylum seekers this year on course to hit £3.6bn, the sum available for international projects must be cut again, warns thinktank…reports Asian Lite News Ministers
Cardinal Nichols urges faithful to lobby MPs to oppose assisted dying
The Labour MP Kim Leadbeater will formally introduce a private member’s bill on the issue to the House of Commons on Wednesday…reports Asian Lite News The UK’s highest-ranking Catholic bishop has urged
Starmer steps into cabinet row over P&O to rescue global summit
The workers sacked in March 2022 were told of their fate by the company in pre-recorded Zoom video…reports Asian Lite News Keir Starmer expressed his full confidence on Saturday in the transport
Pressure mounts on Reeves to drop £1.3bn cut to benefits for disabled
The leading independent thinktank, the Resolution Foundation, has called on the chancellor to drop or delay changes to the work capability assessment…reports Asian Lite News Rachel Reeves is coming under intense pressure
King Charles fails to reveal official gifts for past four years
The Duke of York also faced allegations that when he was a working royal he used official overseas trips to conduct private business deals….reports Asian Lite News King Charles and his family
Irish PM demands Israel ‘stop firing’ at UN peacekeepers
Ireland accounts for 347 of the 10,000 soldiers serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon…reports Asian Lite News Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris on Saturday urged Israel to heed “the concerns