By Emily McGarvey, BBC News Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says bringing back compulsory service will help foster the “national spirit” that emerged during the Covid pandemic. Photo: AFP The Conservative Party has said it would bring back mandatory national service in the United Kingdom if it wins the general election. It said 18-year-olds would have...
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One-Year-Old Massah Has Been Asked To Leave UK For ‘Integrity Of Immigration Laws’
The Daily Mail reports that she ‘will be required to immediately leave the UK.’ Photo : Twitter Massah Mohammad Hamdan, a 13-month-old baby girl born in the UK, faces deportation after her re-entry to the country was classified as that of a tourist, following a trip abroad before her immigration status was confirmed. Massah was...
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China accuses Britain of ‘wanton stigmatisation’ after spy found dead
China has accused Britain of false accusation, “wanton stigmatisation” and arbitrary arrests after the unexplained death of a man charged with illegally assisting Hong Kong’s foreign intelligence service. China’s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said in a statement on its website that it strongly condemned Britain for what it said were false accusations against...
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Jeremy Corbyn to run as an independent in UK general election
The 74-year-old ex-party leader will stand in his constituency of Islington North after being dropped from Labour candidate shortlist. Former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn will stand as an independent candidate in the United Kingdom’s general election on July 4, a move that could lead to a potential upset for Labour in his north London...
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Graduate Route safe for now as General Election declared
UNITED KINGDOM Higher education stakeholders finally breathed a sigh of relief as the British government confirmed that the Graduate Route, which allows international students to stay in the United Kingdom for two years after graduation to look for work, is to be retained in its current form. The announcement came the day after UK voters...
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Analysis: Why UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called an election he’s expected to lose | CNN
London CNN — When British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that the United Kingdom would hold a general election on July 4, many observers wondered: why now? More specifically, why has the PM called an election that is almost certain to lose? For months, polls have placed Sunak’s Conservative Party way behind the...
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Rishi Sunak backtracks plan to restrict Graduate Route; tightens visa rules
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Photo: Reuters 4 min read Last Updated : May 24 2024 | 11:49 AM IST United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, has decided to abandon radical plans to restrict or scrap the Graduate visa route that allows overseas students to work in the UK for up to two years...
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UK Government Emergency Kit: List Of Items To Prepare For Pandemic-Like Situation
A website that went live in UK recently outlines the basic and crucial components of an Emergency Kit (Representational Image.) Photo : iStock The United Kingdom Government has launched a new initiative aimed at bolstering household preparedness for a range of potential emergencies. The website, Prepare, went live on May 22, with Deputy Prime Minister...
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UK’s King’s Guard horse bites tourist after she touches it for photo | Watch
A tourist was bitten by a King’s Guard horse in the UK after she touched it while posing for a photo. The woman had placed her hand on the horse’s neck and smiled for the camera outside the Horse Guards Parade in Westminster, central London. Suddenly, the horse craned its neck around and snapped at...
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Nigerian students unable to pay fees are told to leave UK
UNITED KINGDOM-NIGERIA Some Nigerian students at Teesside University have been ordered to leave the United Kingdom, after falling behind with their tuition fees because of the currency crisis and devaluation of the Nigerian naira. They have been told they have no right to appeal, according to documents obtained by the BBC. The Middlesbrough-based university in...
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Apart From Rishi Sunak, Here Are The Key Candidates In UK Elections
London: The United Kingdom will head to the polls on July 4 in a long-anticipated general election called on Wednesday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Here are the main players in the nationwide vote. Rishi Sunak Sunak, 44, is seeking his own mandate from the British public having been installed as Conservative leader, and therefore...
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UK politicians set off on a 6-week election campaign framed as choice between continuity and change – World News
Photo: The Canadian Press Britain’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, right, during a visit to Gillingham Football club in Gillingham, Kent, England, Thursday May 23, 2024, while on the General Election campaign trail. Britain’s political party leaders were crisscrossing the country on Thursday, the first day of a six-week election campaign in which voters will...