UK may shelve controversial Brexit protocol bill in show of goodwill to EU – The Guardian
UK may shelve controversial Brexit protocol bill in show of goodwill to EU – The Guardian
Lawyers urge UK ministers to speed up reform of cohabitation rights – Financial Times
Lawyers urge UK ministers to speed up reform of cohabitation rights – Financial Times
UK may avoid 2022 recession after growing 0.1% in November – as it happened – The Guardian
UK may avoid 2022 recession after growing 0.1% in November – as it happened – The Guardian
UK economy grew by only 0.1% in November | Economic growth (GDP) – The Guardian
UK economy grew by only 0.1% in November | Economic growth (GDP) – The Guardian
UK economy ekes out growth in November surprise — but recession still seen as inevitable – CNBC
UK economy ekes out growth in November surprise — but recession still seen as inevitable – CNBC
4th Person Arrested in Connection to the 39 Bodies Found in U.K. Truck – TIME
(LONDON) — A fourth person was arrested in connection with the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a container truck in southeastern England, British police said Friday as the investigation into one of the country’s worst human smuggling cases geared up. Police said a 48-year-old man from Northern Ireland was arrested Friday […]
3 More Arrests After 39 Bodies Are Found in Truck in U.K. – The New York Times
Some Chinese attempting to make their way to Western countries pay middlemen known as “snakeheads” to facilitate the journey. It can cost about $50,000 to $60,000 to be smuggled into Europe and $70,000 to $80,000 for the United States, according to Sheldon Zhang, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell who specializes in human […]
Trafficked Vietnamese and the lure of UK nail bars and cannabis farms – The Guardian
What might make a young Vietnamese woman leave her home and family to make a dangerous trip across the world in search of a new life in the UK? Most likely, trafficking experts say, it was the promise of work in one of Britain’s proliferating high street nail bars. Reports that a young Vietnamese woman […]
UK government under pressure to publish forecasts after budget scrapped – The Guardian
The UK government is coming under mounting pressure to publish economic forecasts after scrapping its plan to hold an early November budget, as Boris Johnson pushes for a snap election before Christmas. In a development that effectively blocks the release of the forecasts, the chancellor, Sajid Javid, confirmed on Friday he would not deliver his […]
2 More Arrests After 39 Bodies Are Found in Truck in U.K. – The New York Times
That container had also been shipped across from Zeebrugge, Belgium, and the authorities later said the immigrants might have been brought over from the Chinese coastal province of Fujian by a criminal gang. The deaths scandalized China at the time and prompted the government to announce a crackdown on human trafficking. But even as China […]