Covid news: UK ‘will suffer third wave this summer’ as Germany votes on ‘emergency brake’ lockdown law
Britain will experience a third wave of Covid-19 this summer as lockdown is relaxed, a leading scientist advising the government has warned.
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April 20, 2021 Over 800,000 workers have lost their jobs in the UK due to Covid pandemic
The number of UK workers on payrolls dropped by 56,000 last month and has fallen by 813,000 since March 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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UK NEWS
April 17, 2021 Interest rates in UK could go negative – savers warned they may need to consider charges
There’s not been any indication the Bank Rate would go negative, however financial experts have speculated about the possibility following the coronavirus pandemic. In August last year, Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said there were not any plans to deploy negative interest rates in the coming months.
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UK NEWS
April 9, 2021 UK makes safe haven offer to ousted Myanmar ambassador
The UK has made an offer of safe haven to Myanmar’s former ambassador who was ousted when junta loyalists barred him from the embassy in London.
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UK NEWS
April 4, 2021 Dates revealed for UK’s first ‘vaccine passport’ events – and ‘traffic light’ system for holidays
Boris Johnson is poised to announce some Easter Monday good news, with home and away lockdown-easing moves as part of his COVID roadmap to freedom.
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UK NEWS
March 27, 2021 ‘Act responsibly’: New challenges emerge as lockdown rules ease in parts of the UK
“Stay local” measures have been lifted in Wales – meaning there are no travel restrictions within the country for the first time since December.
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EUROPE
March 18, 2021 EU prepared to tighten COVID vaccine exports in veiled threat to UK
The EU said on Wednesday (17 March) it is prepared to tighten COVID vaccine exports to vaccine-producing countries or those with higher vaccination rates if they do not comply with its plea for “openness and reciprocity”, in a move seen as a veiled threat to the UK, one of the key vaccine manufacturing countries.
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UK NEWS
March 17, 2021 Defence review: UK could use Trident to counter cyber-attack
Britain is prepared to launch nuclear weapons if the country was faced with an exceptionally destructive attack using cyber or other “emerging technologies”, according to the integrated defence review.
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UK NEWS
March 16, 2021 UK to push for new, ‘open’ and democratic world order, government declares
Britain will help shape a new global order and leave behind an “outdated” international system which no longer serves the country’s interests, Boris Johnson’s government has declared ahead of the integrated review of defence, security, and foreign policies.
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GEOPOLITICS
March 16, 2021 EU launches lawsuits against UK over Irish border
The EU launched legal proceedings against Britain on Monday (15 March), alleging that London had broken a protocol of its Brexit divorce agreement covering Ireland.
