UK chancellor assures no tax hikes for working people

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Chancellor Rachel Reeves has stated that “main taxes on working people” will not increase in the Budget. The reassurance came a week before Reeves delivered her first Budget, and the first delivered by a woman. Labour pledged

Water Scarcity: A Growing Crisis in South Africa

As South Africa enters the summer months, water shortages have become an all-too-common reality for many citizens, including Joyce Lakela, who runs a nursery in Tembisa, a township of Johannesburg. Lakela, like many others, now spends her days searching for water. “It’s

Mayor Burnham champions transformation in transport

Manchester (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Mayor Andy Burnham expressed that Greater Manchester is proving the case for transformation when it comes to public transport.  Bus orders for a fresh fleet developed to reach more rural communities have assisted create jobs across Greater

Major cannabis smuggling ring dismantled in London

London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Londoners have been sentenced for smuggling 1,500 kilos of cannabis into the UK from Ghana in sacks of cassava flour. Persons named Daniel Yeboah, Kristoffer Baidoo, and Kwaku Bonsu, all from London, and Edward Adjei from Grays,