Britain Elects Record Number Of Female Lawmakers In 2019 Election
A record number of women were elected as lawmakers in Britain’s general election, with women’s rights campaigners on Friday cheering the result but saying progress towards equal representation must speed up. Women now represent just over a third of all members of parliament (MPs), taking 220 seats out of 650 in Britain’s lower house compared […]
Dame Helen Mirren Decries ‘Disturbing’ Global Rise In Homelessness
Oscar-winning British actor Helen Mirren has hit out against the “exponential rise in homelessness” as she prepared to sleep out in central London on Saturday as part of a global charity appeal to fight the scourge. Mirren joined Hollywood stars Will Smith and Brian Cox and an estimated 50,000 people in the “World’s Big Sleep […]
Nigeria Risks Losing $9bn Over Failed Contract
Nigeria risks losing assets worth $8.9 billion in Britain and America as a UK firm fighting a lengthy court case against it begins moves to seize its assets. Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) wants Nigeria to pay $8.9 billion damages awarded to it by an arbitration tribunal in London. The UK engineering and natural gas […]
Dr Olivette Otele Is The First Black Female Professor Of history In The United Kingdom
Cameroon-born academic Dr Olivette Otele became the first black woman professor of history in the UK, at Bath Spa University. She specialises in collective memory and geopolitics, particularly as related to the colonial histories of Britain and France. It is hard to believe that a place as “advanced” as the United Kingdom has never had […]
UK Announces £12m Funding To Support Open Govt Reform In Nigeria
The UK government has announced the approval of a £12 million new funding as support to Nigeria to help deepen its implementation of open government reform commitments. The UK Ambassador to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, disclosed this in Abuja at the opening of the 2018 Open Government Partnership (OGP) Week. Mr Arkwright, who was the special […]
Whistle-Blower Says Brexit Referendum Could Have Gone Other Way
Whistle-blower Christopher Wylie told lawmakers that the Brexit referendum could have gone the other way if rules hadn’t been broken during the campaign. “I think it is completely reasonable to say that there could’ve been a different outcome in the referendum if there hadn’t been, in my view, cheating,” said Wylie, a former contractor at […]
The Political Destruction Left Behind After Carillion’s Collapse
Carillion Plc, the U.K. construction and services company that collapsed under 1.6 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) of debt, was hardly a household name. But its failure puts another big problem into Prime Minister Theresa May’s already overflowing inbox. While U.K. voters may not know the company, they relied on its products: It built hospitals and […]
Okonjo-Iweala Named Director Of Standard Chartered, United Kingdom
Former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been named an independent non-executive director at Standard Chartered Plc in the United Kingdom. Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London and with presence in 70 countries. According to a statement released by the company yesterday, her appointment is effective from […]
Better Risk Assessment Central To Impact Of UK Aid Funds, Says Watchdog
The Department for International Development’s approach to managing aid in conflict zones is often weakened by a desire to protect its own reputation, with staff reporting confusion over how to implement DfID’s key policies, a report has found (pdf). According to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai), which investigates taxpayer-funded UK aid, DfID staff […]
Theresa May ‘Raised Objections To Project As Home Secretary’
Theresa May raised objections to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power deal during the coalition government, the former business secretary Sir Vince Cable has claimed, in remarks that will throw fresh doubt over the project’s future. Cable said that as home secretary, May had been unhappy about the former chancellor George Osborne’s “gung-ho” attitude to […]
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