This is the in-tray of whoever is the in-coming Prime Minister: Public debt is close to 100 per cent of GDP. Debt rose rapidly after the 2007-09 financial crisis, stayed high during the 2010s despite George Osborne’s austerity plan, and spiked again as part of the gover...
[95] On 10 May 2010, after talks to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats broke down, Brown announced his intention to stand down as Leader before the Labour Party Conference but a day later resigned as both Prime Minister and party leader.[96] 【参考译文】在当年5月6日举行的2010年...
The miners upped the ante in February by voting to go on strike. Their battle against the Government pay cap and wages that lagged inflation had led to Edward Heath’s Three-Day Week, as the Prime Minister sought to conserve the coal supply that fuelled Britain’s power stations. Heath se...
nicknamed the “Iron Lady” for her uncompromising political stance, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th cent. and was one of the most influential political figures of her era. In office she initiated what became ...
TNA, FCO/45/1632, Dales, FCO to Lord Bridges, Private Secretary (Foreign Affairs) to Prime Minister, 3 May 1974. 115. TNA, FCO/45/1632, Wilson to Ganga, 7 May 1974. 116. TNA, FCO/45/1632, Callaghan for FCO/Whitehall Distribution, 7 May 1974. ...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has started plans for a"cycling and walking revolution".It, if fully 【1】(realize),could change the way people move around towns and cities.The move comes as authorities' attempt 【2】(improve)public health by arousing people's interest in traveling by bike ...
Yet, this decision was reversed in September 2023 by the Prime Minister. 3 Figures are 24.6% for Scotland (2019), 14% for Wales (2021), 24% for Northern Ireland (2019) (Hinson and Bolton, 2024) 4 The market research company (YouGov), in charge of collecting the data, ensures the ...
When the organizer was done with an area, he organized a huge rally, often with burning crosses and perhaps presented a Bible to a local Protestant minister. He then left town with the money. The local units operated like many fraternal organizations and occasionally brought in speakers. The ...
The building, believed to be the oldest unaltered building in London, has been in the hands of antique book dealers, Maggs Bros since the 30s, but was once the private home of Prime Minister George Canning, who claimed to have heard strange noises and have experienced psychic phenomenon. The...
Bin Zayed al Nahyan, commonly referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. He is worth an estimated $22bn (£16.2bn) and his ownership of the Abu Dhabi United Group saw him acquire Manchester City ...