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Rishi Sunak considers ethnic minority figures on UK coins

6:10 pm July 26, 2020

London: UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering a proposal for influential ethnic minority figures to be featured on a set of UK coins to celebrate Britain’s diversity. According to ‘The Sunday Telegraph’, plans have been submitted to the Royal Mint to work out some proposals as the Indian-origin finance minister reflects upon a campaign to put influential […]

UK reportedly poised to backtrack on Huawei inclusion in 5G

3:20 pm July 14, 2020

London: The British government is reportedly poised to backtrack on plans to give Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei a limited role in the UK’s new high-speed mobile phone network, a decision with broad implications for relations between the two countries. Britain’s decision to re-examine the question, the results of which will be announced Tuesday, came after the US threatened to sever an […]

Priti Patel unveils campaign to counter UK's Windrush immigration scandal

Priti Patel hits back at Opposition MPs for ‘racist’ attack

10:12 pm June 28, 2020

London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Sunday hit back at MPs from the Opposition Labour Party for being “racist” in their treatment of her. The row emerged after a group of ethnic minority Labour MPs, including Indian-origin MPs Virendra Sharma, Tan Dhesi, Preet Kaur Gill, Valerie Vaz, Seema Malhotra and Nadia Whittome, wrote to the Indian-origin Cabinet minister earlier this month accusing her of trying to suppress the anti-racism […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK PM’s new ‘super department’ will combine aid ministry with Foreign Office

10:23 pm June 16, 2020

London: In a major shake-up of the UK government’s ministerial set-up, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday announced the merger of the Department for International Development (DfID) with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to create a so-called “super department”. Addressing the House of Commons, Johnson said the move was aimed at a more “coherent” foreign policy approach to the country’s aid budget, which will […]

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Equities rally, oil steadies as US-Iran tensions appear to ease

9:38 pm January 9, 2020

London: Stocks rallied, the dollar jumped and oil prices steadied Thursday as traders saw an easing of tensions between the United States and Iran that weighed on haven investments such as gold and the yen. “Stock markets are strong… as US-Iran tensions have faded,” noted David Madden, analyst at CMC Markets UK. “The strong finish […]