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Over 750,000 laying hens were killed in October alone to stop the spread of bird flu The bird flu epidemic, as well as rising production costs, has left Britain facing an acute shortage of hens’ eggs. This has forced a number of supermarkets to limit sales to three packs per customer per day. There are […]

Food theft has skyrocketed in the UK in recent weeks, fueled by soaring inflation (11.1 percent in October) that has pushed one in five Britons into poverty. In stores, cuts of meat now have to be guarded as luxury items. “Bacon, sausages, cheeses – this is the most sensitive department, it is he who becomes […]

Britain and France have signed an updated agreement to counter illegal migration across the English Channel, which creates problems for both countries and threatens the lives of migrants who decide to make such a journey. This is reported by the BBC and Le Figaro. British Home Secretary Swella Braverman arrived in Paris to sign the […]

New British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak intends to raise taxes to cover a £50 billion (about $57.3 billion) deficit in the state budget, the Financial Times reports, citing sources in the UK Treasury. Earlier it was reported that Sunak is reconsidering the issue of raising taxes and a significant reduction in government spending amid an […]

According to the monarch, the official residence of the British kings does not meet modern challenges. The new king of Great Britain Charles III and his wife Camilla do not want to move to the official residence of the monarchs – Buckingham Palace. And it’s not just the ongoing renovation of the building, which will […]

Vladimir Putin’s decision to announce a partial mobilization in Russia is an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, according to British Deputy Foreign Minister Gillian Keegan. She called the Russian military operation illegal. “Obviously, this is an escalation that causes concern,” Ms. Keegan commented on the decision of the President of the Russian Federation on […]

The proposal of Liz Truss, who headed the UK government, to freeze energy prices will cost the country about $ 150 billion over a year and a half. This value was brought by Bloomberg. It is assumed that instead of a sharp increase in value, which is expected next month, prices will remain the same […]

Liz Truss seems best placed to take over from Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street. The head of British diplomacy has obtained new weighty support, facing her main rival, Rishi Sunak. The head of diplomacy Liz Truss scored again on Monday August 1, 2022 to succeed Boris Johnson in Downing Street, garnering significant support as […]

The vote to determine the successor will take place over the summer, in several stages, and will be open only to members of the Conservative Party. The list of candidates vying to become the new leader of the Conservative Party – and ultimately the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom – is now fixed. […]

The ‘Bill of Rights’ project to give British courts the upper hand over Strasbourg decisions has been given a boost after the blocking of the sending of asylum seekers to Rwanda, to the chagrin of the conservatives in power. Boris Johnson had made it a campaign promise during the 2019 general election: on Wednesday June […]