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Liz Truss beats Sunak in leadership battle, to be next UK PM
London, Sep 5 UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was on Monday announced the victor of the contest for the Conservative Party leader, defeating former Chancelllor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak, and paving the way for her to become the next UK Prime Minister. --IANSUK to get new PM today
London, Sep 5 Boris Johnson's successor as the next UK Prime Minister will be revealed on Monday when either Liz Truss, the incumbent Foreign Secretary, or Rishi Sunak, the former Indian-origin Chancellor, will be named as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. The name will be announced at 12.30 p.m. ...Liz Truss widely expected to win but ally of Rishi Sunak still hopeful
London, Sep 2 The Tory leadership ballot will close on Friday with Conservative members to choose between Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as the new UK Prime Minister, a media report said. The tea-time deadline will bring to an end the eight-week contest to replace Boris Johnson in Downing Street, ...UK brings porn sites under Children’s Code to protect kids’ data
London, Sep 2 The UK on Friday revised its position on its groundbreaking Children's code that came into force last year, saying that porn and adult-only services are now in scope of the Children's Code if they are likely to be accessed by children. Earlier, the code required online services ...173 London cops under inquiry for alleged domestic abuse
London, Sep 2 A total of 173 serving officers of London's Metropolitan Police are under different stages of investigation for alleged domestic abuse, the media reported. Of them, "152 are subject to live criminal or misconduct proceedings, and 21 officers have a case to answer for gross misconduct and are ...UK hints deeper probe in Microsoft’s $69 bn CoD maker acquisition
London, Sep 1 The UK market watchdog on Thursday announced going for an in-depth probe into Microsoft's $68.7 billion all-cash deal to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the maker of Call of Duty (CoD), if its concerns over antitrust practices are not met. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said ...Boris Johnson tops poll of post-war leaders thought to have done a bad job
London, Sep 1 Nearly half of the public think Boris Johnson has done a bad job as Prime Minister, the worst rating of any post-war British leader, a new poll has found. Asked to rate the performance of British Prime Ministers since 1945, some 49 per cent of people told ...UK’s Royal Mail workers stage 2nd strike in pay row
London, Aug 31 Workers of the UK's Royal Mail on Wednesday walked out on a strike again in a bitter dispute over pay, with further industrial action planned. Members of the Communication Workers Union mounted picket lines outside Royal Mail offices across the country, reports dpa news agency. The Union ...Liz Truss cancels key interview saying she couldn’t ‘spare the time’
London, Aug 30 Liz Truss, the frontrunner in the race to be the UK's next Prime Minister, has pulled out of a key interview which was due to air on Tuesday as she could "no longer spare the time". The one-to-one interview was to be conducted by veteran BBC political ...UK Navy carrier limping back to shore after break down
London, Aug 30 The UK's Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is limping back closer to shore after breaking down off the Isle of Wight shortly after setting out for exercises off the US coast. The 65,000-tonne warship left from Portsmouth Naval Base on August 27 before an ...