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
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
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Johnson is widely thought to be always eager to raise government expenditure, with only the more fiscally disciplined chancellor, Rishi Sunak, acting as a check. However, Johnson hinted that the Treasury has won this fight in his
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – When Boris Johnson speaks to Ukraine’s parliament later, he will call the country’s resistance to the Russian invasion its “finest hour.” He will also lay out the details of £300 million in additional military support in a
JERUSALEM (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Foreign minister of Israel has slammed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statements that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood” as “unforgivable.” Despite the fact that Ukraine’s president is Jewish, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the
BRUSSELS (ParliamentPolitics Magazine) – On Monday, energy ministers of the European Union to get together for an urgent meeting in an attempt to come to a united response to demands made by Moscow that European buyers pay for Russian gas in rubles
LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – After a top minister downplayed systemic difficulties, saying the problem was just “some bad apples,” the government is under great pressure from opposition parties and its own Toris to take action against misogyny and harassment in Westminster.