Tulip Siddiq has been the Labor MP for Hampstead and Highgate, previously Hampstead and Kilburn, since 2015. When Labor won power in July, he was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, responsible for the UK financial services sector. She is the niece of Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, who was ousted…
pacemaker press Gavin Robinson said the EU regulation introduces many new requirements The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) says it intends to lift the Stormont break for the first time in an attempt to block new EU rules on chemicals packaging and labeling in Northern Ireland. The break is part of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal and…
britain parliament Sir Keir Starmer has warned that it will “take some time” for people to feel richer, as he asked MPs to be patient over his plans to boost economic growth. The Prime Minister told a committee of senior MPs that Britain has been suffering from “stagnant or low growth” for more than a…
pa media Benjamin Clarke will be sentenced at Durham Crown Court in January A man has admitted threatening to kill his MP, saying he wanted to lock him in a building and set it on fire. Benjamin Clark, 31, of Bishop Auckland, County Durham, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court. He pleaded guilty to making…
A labor minister has been named in an investigation into claims that his family embezzled up to £3.9 billion (Tk 590 billion) from infrastructure projects in Bangladesh. Tulip Siddiqui, who as Economic Secretary to the Treasury is responsible for tackling corruption in Britain’s financial markets, is alleged to have brokered a deal with Russia in…
The plain truth is that it has long been highly unlikely that this Government or its Conservative predecessors would compensate women affected by changes to the state pension age. The institutional failure was less serious than the Post Office or infected blood scandals, but the potential bill for the government was huge. And ministers are…
getty images The Government has announced an extra £700 million to English councils’ budgets next year as a “first step” to rebuilding their finances. The top-up brings in around £2 billion of extra funding for next year, on top of the £1.3 billion announced in the October budget. But £515 million of new funding is…
reuters The UK government has insisted that Mauritius is ready to finalize a deal on the future of the Chagos Islands, despite demands for better terms by the country’s new Prime Minister. Under the agreement announced in October, the UK will hand over sovereignty over the islands to Mauritius, but will retain a 99-year lease…
getty images Armed forces veterans and their families will get priority access to social housing under new rules published by the government. Councils will have to prioritize veterans for social housing and relax rules requiring applicants to show ties to the local area for families of veterans under new guidelines. The announcement is in line…
Bank also considers other measures, externalSuch as “core inflation” when deciding whether and how to change rates. Core inflation does not include food or energy prices because they are too volatile, so it may be a better indication of long-term trends. The measure stood at 3.5% in November, down from 3.3% by October last year….
