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June 20, 2022

Unions urge government to negotiate ahead of walkouts

Leaders write to Shapps a day before rail strikes set to begin

3 mins

Tory By-Election Ads Fail To Mention The Prime Minister

Conservative campaign leaflets and advertisements relating to the forthcoming by-elections in Devon and West Yorkshire are reported to omit any mention of Boris Johnson.

2 mins

Brown Warns Of Recession And Expects Corporation Tax Hike To Be Scrapped By PM

Gordon Brown has predicted Boris Johnson will abandon a planned hike in corporation tax in the autumn, as he hit out at a government lurching from “crisis to crisis”.

2 mins

Irish PM warns scrapping protocol would be 'serious'

The Irish prime minister has warned it would be a “very serious situation” if the UK government enacted legislation to scrap the bulk of the Northern Ireland protocol.

3 mins

Increase global funding or lose fight against infectious diseases, former PMs warn

Two former British prime ministers have urged the government to increase spending on tackling Aids, tuberculosis and malaria, warning that the pandemic has seriously damaged progress made to eradicate them.

2 mins

Children 'manipulated' into purchases by mobile games

Most mobile phone apps made for children use "manipulative design tricks" to "lure" children into playing them for longer periods of time or to make more purchases, a study has found.

2 mins

Macron loses parliamentary majority as opponents surge

Gains for the far right and leftist parties squeezes the centre

3 mins

Sikh Temple Attack In Kabul Was 'Revenge', Claims ISIS-K

An Isis affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attack on a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Saturday that killed at least two people and injured seven.

2 mins

Duterte's daughter sworn in as Philippine vice president

Sara Duterte, daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath yesterday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory.

3 mins

Why Volatile Bitcoin's Future Is Linked To The Interest Rate

If you own bitcoin, the past 10 days will have been brutal.

4 mins

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