Rishi Sunak said the new measures were equivalent to 15 percent of the GDP and were available to “any business that needs access to cash”.
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UK cracks down with enhanced measures to fight COVID-19
Prime Minister Boris Johnson also told Londoners to pay special attention to these measures and follow them strictly as the disease is spreading faster in London.
Indian-origin UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gears up to present Budget on Wednesday
Rishi Sunak, United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin finance minister, is reportedly set to scrap an unpopular tax on women’s sanitary products as well as announce supporting resources to the National Health Service to battle COVID-19 in the UK’s post-Brexit Budget on Wednesday.
Caretaker Irish PM Varadkar warns Ireland to prepare for no-deal Brexit
Indian-origin Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said he believes there is a “growing possibility” of a no-deal Brexit at the end of the year.
British PM Boris Johnson backs Priti Patel amid allegations of bullying against her
Sir Philip Rutnam resigned from the UK Home Office over the weekend blaming Patel for a “vicious and orchestrated campaign” against him.
UK govt’s new visa system to make is easier for skilled Indian workers to immigrate
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel have reportedly accepted the UK Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendations for a new post-Brexit points-based visa and immigration system
Britain exits EU amid night of parties and protests
Amid pro-Brexit celebrations and anti-Brexit protests, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union at 23:00 GMT on Friday more than three years after it voted to do so in a referendum, marking the end of a 47-year chapter in its history.
Britain to leave EU today: A timeline of what happens next
January 31, 2020. That’s the date Brexiteers have been looking forward to for some time now. After four years of false-starts and stalled attempts, Britain and the European Union are finally ready to go through with their divorce.
How much will Brexit cost the UK economy? Over GBP 200 billion, estimates this report
With an expensive Brexit looming on the horizon, business analysts estimate that the costs to the British economy have already passed the total contributions made to the European Union from Britain since 1973.
Indian-origin medical association chief warns UK PM about NHS crash
The Indian-origin chief of one of the United Kingdom’s leading medical associations has urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ramp up funding for the country’s state-run National Health Service (NHS).
