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UK Government revamps pension rules
May. 7 | In the UK, married person’s spouse pension has fallen by 17 percent, from 2.1 million to 1.7 million in the span of 10 years, from 2002 to 2012. On the contrary, claimants living abroad, some of them whom are British emigrants and foreigners have spiraled...
Government’s spending on infrastructure plans in UK questioned by MPs
Apr. 29 | MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have questioned the credibility behind the 310 billion pound spending of the Government on Infrastructure plans. In 2010, when the National Infrastructure plan was launched, the Treasury expected the 200 billion...
Treaty between Jordan and the UK could allow for Abu Qatada to be deported
Apr. 24 | Abu Qatada is currently under life imprisonment in the UK in relation to terror charges that were levied against him. Successive UK governments have been trying to deport him to Jordan and now the two countries have signed a mutual assistance treaty so...
Baroness Margaret Thatcher passes away at 87
Apr. 8 | The former British Prime Minister Baroness Margaret Thatcher has passed away peacefully on April 8, 2013, after suffering a stroke. She was 87 years old and was the first woman to become the prime minister of Britain from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher’s...
Cameron says Britain needs Trident nuclear deterrent
Apr. 5 | On April 4, 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron mentioned about the necessity of the country retaining its Trident nuclear deterrent, as unpredictable and aggressive regimes in North Korea and Iran were threatening world safety and security. Cameron...
Britain to tighten rules for EU member states
Mar. 26 | From now on migrants from EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have to prove that they came to UK for the ‘right reasons’ and they have ‘reasonable chances’ of getting a job to receive the unemployment benefit for more...
Labor MP Siobhain McDonagh receives compensation in lost phone case
Mar. 18 | Siobhain McDonagh, the Labour MP whose phone was stolen in 2010 has been apologized to and paid a substantial sum in damages from News International and the Sun, who had accessed text messages from the device. It is now possible that hundreds of other...
Lord Neuberger critical of Britain’s policies
Mar. 7 | Lord Neuberger, who is the president of the Supreme Court, in his first interview after taking the post, has warned that Britain will have to withdraw from the United Nations as well as the European court of human rights if it decides to deport terrorist...
Scotland shocked as Cardinal Keith O’Brien steps down
Feb. 26 | Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigned from his post of senior cleric on February 25, 2013, in the wake of allegations of inappropriate behavior with three priests and a former priest. With Pope Benedict stepping down on Thursday, February 28, 2013,...
