LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – In English local elections, the Conservatives lost control of major London councils, but Labour has made small gains elsewhere. In a successful night for the Lib Dems, they won gains in Tory areas and won Hull City
KYIV (Parliament Politics Magazine) – On Thursday, May 5, here are the major events so far. According to Ukrainian sources, Russian forces were struggling for control of the last Ukrainian foothold in the beleaguered city of Mariupol. With a phased oil embargo,
JERUSALEM (Parliament Politics Magazine) – A key holy site in Jerusalem was cleared of Palestinian demonstrators by the Israeli police on Thursday, as the Jews began visiting which had been stopped for Muslim holidays. Several rounds of unrest had taken place in
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Shell has declared a record quarterly profit of $9.1 billion (£7.3 billion) for the first quarter of the year, increasing pressure on the government to enact a windfall tax to fund steps to combat rising home energy
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The results of a poll published last month by the Daily Telegraph suggested that the Conservatives are on track to lose almost 800 council seats in the local elections. Despite the fact that it was based on
CAIRO (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Egypt plans to put army-owned enterprises on the stock exchange by the end of the year as part of a drive to involve the private sector in managing state-owned assets. Egypt’s plan to privatise state-owned businesses isn’t
BRUSSELS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, revealed a proposal today to impose an EU-wide embargo on Russian oil imports, which are one of Moscow’s key revenue sources. The embargo will be methodical and progressive, with
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The environment secretary has advised that shoppers may deal with rising food prices and the cost of living crisis by shopping for value brands at supermarkets. Food prices are rising as a result of the knock-on impact
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Worries of a “inflationary spiral,” the Prime Minister stated yesterday, had limited the amount of assistance the government could provide in the cost-of-living crisis. This is a difficult notion to communicate to millions of people who have
Sydney (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The historic 2000 Sydney Olypmics that were held 22 years ago in Australia were bought to a large extent. A senior official from the IOC has admitted that the bid was ‘bought to a large extent. The
PARIS (Parliament Politics Magazine) – On Monday, the French greens and the left-wing party of Jean-Luc Mélenchon have mutually decided to run against Emmanuel Macron in the June parliamentary election. When they face the newly elected President of France on June 12
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After oil and gas prices skyrocketed, BP’s profits for the first three months of the year more than doubled. The energy behemoth posted an underlying profit of $6.2 billion (£4.9 billion), up from $2.6 billion in the
