The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

‘We’re not here because it’s fun’: UK university staff join picket lines

Rallies in Leeds, London and across UK demand better pay and pensions amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

TCS bags contract from Rail Delivery group to create the UK Govt's Rail Data Marketplace

NEW DELHI: IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said that it has bagged a deal from Rail Delivery Group to design, develop, implement, and operate the UK's Rail Data Marketplace.

The Times of India · Nov 30, 2022

Former head of UK counter-terror policing calls Suella Braverman’s comments on migrants ‘inexplicable’

Assistant commissioner Neil Basu compares ‘horrific’ language to Enoch Powell

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

New grant will fund The Conversation partnership on critical research into COVID recovery, net zero, cities and levelling up and inequality

The world has changed in manifold ways since the height of the pandemic – and research evidence can help governments respond to them. In the last few years, homeworking has become the new normal, there’s been a disturbing increase in mental health problems, and millions have suffered the devastating effects…

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

Black and minoritised ethnic communities at disproportionate risk of homelessness in the UK

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, there has been a heightened awareness of ethnic inequality in the UK. Despite some recent studies on housing conditions in the context of the pandemic, little attention has been paid to how racial inequality and homelessness intersect.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

UK imposes fresh round of sanctions on Russian officials

Foreign Office targets 22 officials, including Denis Manturov, Russia’s deputy prime minister responsible for troop supplies

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

Could the Netherlands crack the secret of language learning using this approach?

From the UK government’s latest post-Brexit language-learning reforms to France’s eternal debates over the supposed linguistic inadequacy of its youth, governments regularly scratch their heads over how to improve how languages are taught.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

Ukraine news - live: Letter bomb at embassy in Madrid sees ‘urgent’ calls for more security

Russia may have turned the lights out but Ukrainians will stay strong, says Washington’s Blinken

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

UK super-rich less charitable than decade ago, says charity chief

Chair of Charity Commission says voluntary sector faces ‘existential crisis’ as incomes of top 1% rise but philanthropy falls

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

UK ‘going backwards’ in pandemic preparedness says former Vaccines Taskforce boss

Dame Kate Bingham suggested that UK capabilities set up to tackle the Covid-19 crisis were being 'dismantled'

Wales Online · Nov 30, 2022