British rail workers kicked off the new year with a week-long strike on Tuesday, disrupting the return to work for millions of commuters in the latest bout of industrial action to hit the country. Britain is in the grip of its worst run of worker unrest since Margaret Thatcher was in power in the 1980s, as surging inflation follows more than 10 years of stagnant wage growth, leaving many workers unable to make ends meet.
British rail workers kicked off the new year with a week-long strike on Tuesday, disrupting the return to work for millions of commuters in the latest bout of industrial action to hit the country.
British rail workers kicked off the new year with a week-long strike on Tuesday, disrupting the return to work for millions of commuters in the latest bout of industrial action to hit the country.
Britain has issued the final licences to Virgin Orbit for the first satellite launch take-off from UK soil, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Wednesday..
LONDON, England – The NHS could claw back more than £500 million a year if it was better at charging foreign nationals for using NHS services, a report suggests.
LONDON, England – The NHS could claw back more than £500 million a year if it was better at charging foreign nationals for using NHS services, a report suggests.
The health service could raise the cash – which is the equivalent of 0.45% of its annual budget – by deterring so-called “health tourists”, recovering care charges from overseas visitors and charging temporary migrants for accessing NHS care, the report found.
Health tourists – such as women who travel to the UK in late pregnancy and give birth in an NHS hospital before returning home – cost the health service at least £70 million each year, according to the study on migrant access to NHS care in England.