Britain’s biggest defense company BAE Systems reported that sales increased by 4% on a constant currency basis and excluding the impact of acquisitions, to £9.9bn or $13 billion. “We have delivered a robust performance in the first half of the year, thanks to the efforts of all of our employees. […]
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Russia has a deal to produce the British vaccine against Covid-19 and is eager to work with any party in power in the country, Andrey Kelin, Russian Ambassador to the UK, told the BBC, rebuffing fresh accusations by London. “I don’t believe in this story at all. There’s no sense […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/50/1079715015_0:0:2967:1669_1200x675_80_0_0_6d310d8657d2e9f1994cac581ad77184.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/uk/202007051079801081–housing-secretary-denies-he-said-uk-has-had-enough-female-prime-ministers-report-suggests/ Robert Jenrick has recently found himself in hot water since approving the development of 1,500 homes in East London worth more than $1.2 billion in a cash-for-favours scheme. His decision was ruled unlawful by the UK High Court. UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick […]
The UK economy contracted by a record 20.4 percent in April, due to the nationwide lockdown and strict quarantine rules imposed amid the Covid-19 outbreak. Dramatic drops were recorded in all sectors. The fall in Britain’s monthly GDP for April is the biggest monthly drop since records began in 1997, […]
According to new analysis, Britain’s highest-paid one percent took home 17 percent of the country’s income ahead of the coronavirus pandemic – more than was previously thought – provoking a bitter backlash. A study by Warwick University, the London School of Economics (LSE) and the Resolution Foundation – which took […]