Earthquake: 70 members of UK rescue team head to Turkey as disaster death toll passes 15,000 February 9, 2023 Around 70 members of the UK International Search and Rescue Team have arrived in Turkey to assist with the search operation as the death toll from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake surpassed 15,000. The team of volunteers, which included firefighters, medics, engineers and vets, was joined by crews from at least 24 countries. UK International Search [...]
CBI: Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak must use budget to prevent recession and bolster UK economy February 9, 2023 Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak need to use the spring budget to stimulate growth to prevent the UK tipping into a recession this year, the country’s biggest business group has urged today. The chancellor and prime minister should at the 15 March statement soothe the impact of a sharp rise in the UK’s profit tax [...]
Sunak says ‘nothing is off the table’ as Zelensky asks UK for fighter jets February 8, 2023 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said “nothing is off the table” after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky asked the UK to supply him with fighter jets to battle Putin’s army. The two leaders spoke at a joint press conference at an army base today after the Ukrainian wartime president flew to the UK and implored the [...]
Tanks for your friendship: Zelensky and Sunak tour UK military base in Dorset where Ukrainian soldiers train February 8, 2023 President Volodymyr Zelensky and prime minister Rishi Sunak have presented medals to Ukrainian troops training in the UK. The PM and the Ukrainian wartime leader are visiting Lulworth Camp, in Dorset, where members of the Ukrainian military are being trained to use Challenger 2 tanks. Zelensky and Sunak disembarked from a helicopter after being flown [...]
Convicted: Ex Labour MP Jared O’Mara guilty of fraud to fund cocaine habit – while in office February 8, 2023 A former Labour MP has been found guilty of making fraudulent expenses claims to fund a cocaine habit while in office. Jared O’Mara was convicted of six counts of fraud after trying to claim around £24,000 of taxpayers’ money for his “extravagant lifestyle”. The 41-year-old, who represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to [...]
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace February 8, 2023 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has held an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. The Ukrainian leader was driven through the front gates of the royal residence and into the quadrangle. It is the first time the monarch has met Zelensky and comes after Zelensky made a historic address to MPs and peers in [...]
‘World needs Britain’s leadership’: Ukrainian president Zelensky says during historic Westminster Hall speech February 8, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the “world needs Britain’s leadership” during a historic address to the Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. The wartime leader used his address to urge the UK and the west to provide fighter jets, telling MPs: “Combat aircraft for Ukraine, wings for freedom.” Zelensky also directly thanked former prime minister [...]
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky to meet King Charles at Buckingham Palace today February 8, 2023 President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet King Charles at Buckingham Palace during his visit to the UK today. Buckingham Palace has confirmed the King will hold an audience with the Ukrainian wartime leader at the royal residence in central London this afternoon (Wednesday, February 8). In a statement the Palace said: “Mr Zelensky will be greeted [...]
Brexit: UK Supreme Court rules Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful February 8, 2023 The UK Supreme Court has ruled the Northern Ireland Protocol is lawful, rejecting a legal challenge to the Brexit process. The legality of the contentious trading arrangements has been challenged by a collective of unionists and Brexiteers. Judge Lord Stephens said in his ruling: “The most fundamental rule of UK constitutional law is that Parliament, [...]
Ukraine’s president Zelensky to make surprise UK visit TODAY, meet PM Rishi Sunak and address parliament February 8, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will make his first visit to the UK since the Russian invasion of his country, with Rishi Sunak promising extra military support. The Prime Minister announced plans to train Ukrainian pilots, paving the way for them eventually being able to fly sophisticated Nato-standard jets, a key request from Mr Zelensky. Downing [...]
