The rights of UK and Swiss nationals in both countries have been guaranteed after the UK leaves the EU, as Minister Chris Heaton-Harris and Swiss counterpart State Secretary Mario Gattiker today (25 February 2019) signed an agreement in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss citizens’ rights agreement will protect UK nationals resident in Switzerland, and Swiss nationals […]
The rights of UK and Swiss nationals in both countries have been guaranteed after the UK leaves the EU, as Minister Chris Heaton-Harris and Swiss counterpart State Secretary Mario Gattiker today (25 February 2019) signed an agreement in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss citizens’ rights agreement will protect UK nationals resident in Switzerland, and Swiss nationals […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption A Lebanese supporter carries a Hezbollah flag in Beirut The UK Parliament is set to pass new rules classifying Hezbollah as a terrorist group. Parts of the Lebanese organisation have been proscribed since 2001, with its military wing banned since 2008. UK authorities say they are no longer able to […]
The UK is experiencing its warmest February day on record and some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in winter, according to forecasters. Temperatures in Trawsgoed, Wales, reached 20.3C, (68.5F) on Monday morning and rose to 20.6C in the afternoon. The previous highest recorded temperature in February had been 19.7C in London in 1998. It […]
The UK Parliament will hold an inquiry regarding gaming disorder and addictive immersive technologies on Wednesday, according to its official government website. The UK government’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee will look into the larger reach of technologies and their potential to be addictive by asking for experts to weigh in on the matter. […]
The rights of UK and Swiss nationals in both countries have been guaranteed after the UK leaves the EU, as Minister Chris Heaton-Harris and Swiss counterpart State Secretary Mario Gattiker today (25 February 2019) signed an agreement in Bern, Switzerland. The Swiss citizens’ rights agreement will protect UK nationals resident in Switzerland, and Swiss nationals […]
<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Business News The top bosses of Britain’s biggest banks are paid on average 120 times more than the median pay of their U.K. employees, bank documents have shown, as a new rule puts pay disparities at the country’s big businesses under sharper scrutiny. Britain’s biggest domestic lender Lloyds Banking […]
That has forced the police to shoulder responsibility for a number of social pathologies that used to be handled by agencies that have been shrunken or eliminated altogether under austerity — adding to the burden on already stretched police forces. Is a new benefits system causing food shortages? The Trussell Trust, a charity, did find […]
The head of GCHQ has warned of the potential threat to Britain’s national security of allowing Chinese technology firms to become involved in the UK telecoms network. Jeremy Fleming will say the drive by Chinese companies to become involved in Western communications represents “a hugely complex technological challenge”. In a wide-ranging speech, he will also emphasise the […]
“That outcome would be not only a political and practical failure, but a moral one equally as serious as ignoring the result of the referendum entirely,” Archbishop Welby told the House of Lords in January. He added that, in that case, a second referendum would be required. “This is about more than Brexit, and Parliament […]
