UK government sued over ‘pie-in-the-sky’ net-zero climate strategy
The UK government is being sued over its net zero climate strategy, which lawyers argue illegally fails to include the policies needed to deliver the promised cuts in emissions.
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January 2, 2022 UK government seeks to mitigate workforce disruption from Omicron
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has asked public sector managers to test their contingency plans against a worst-case scenario of 25% staff absence as part of efforts to minimise disruption from the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
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POLITICS
November 5, 2021 UK government makes U-turn on corruption rule change as lawmaker quits
By Andrew MacAskill and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government made an embarrassing U-turn on Thursday on plans to overhaul the system for combating parliamentary corruption, with the lawmaker whose case had provoked the row quitting his job. Faced with unhappiness in his party and headlines accusing the prime minister and […]
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TOURISM
July 31, 2021 Cheapest Covid test kits for travellers on UK government site unavailable
Most of the cheapest Covid tests for travellers listed on the government website are not available to holidaymakers who plan to go away this summer, with critics saying consumers are at the mercy of a “wild west” marketplace.
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WORLD
July 26, 2021 UK government seeks to ditch China’s state-owned nuclear power firm Adam Forrest 1 hour ago 7 Comments | 18 The Echo Chamber by John Boyne review – Hogarthian remorselessness
China’s state-owned nuclear energy company could be blocked from all future power projects in the UK, with ministers understood to be considering ways to prevent its involvement.
