LONDON — It’s not easy doing business in Britain, and soon it’s going to get a whole lot harder, especially for small businesses. On Wednesday the Labour government set out its first budget, a brutal one filled with 40 billion pounds in tax hikes targeted mainly at small and medium-sized private businesses, the prosperous middle … Read more
A top UK tax and immigration advisor, David Lesperance, helps high-net-worth individuals manage their money. However, the looming Labour tax hikes resulted in eight of his super-wealthy clients approaching him for help leaving the UK. Lesperance reportedly said the potential increases to capital gains, inheritance tax rates, and a new “exit levy” for wealthy people … Read more
MP Rosie Duffield has launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Keir Starmer in her resignation letter. The Labour MP, who has represented Canterbury since 2017, announced on Friday she was resigning from the Labour whip over the changes to Winter Fuel Payments and the ongoing row over Mr Starmer’s freebies. In her resignation letter, … Read more
Mila Mulroney says her new role at St. Francis Xavier University sounds like something her late husband would have orchestrated. “Brian was a bit of a control freak,” she said playfully in an interview with CBC chief political corespondent Rosemary Barton. “He was instrumental in this role. I think he’s watching from on high.” The widow … Read more
By Melody Fletcher For Mailonline Published: 15:58 BST, 17 September 2024 | Updated: 11:03 BST, 19 September 2024 It’s one of the most famous shopping streets in the world. But London’s Oxford Street could look very different by 2026 – if Sadiq Khan’s new plans are approved. The Labour Mayor ignited a huge row today after … Read more
Air Canada says some operations will start to be affected today as time is running out before a potential shutdown because of a labour dispute with its pilots, but noted it hadn’t cancelled any flights Friday in anticipation of a strike. “At this point we have not cancelled any flights for today due to the … Read more
Air Canada said Thursday the federal government will need to step in and block pilots from striking if the two sides can’t reach a deal, warning that job action would disrupt travel plans for least 110,000 travellers every day. A statement from the company said talks with the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents 5,200 pilots at … Read more
The recent arrest and detention of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the State Security Service (SSS), has triggered a public spat between the federal government and the labour movement. Mr Ajaero, who was en route to the United Kingdom for the World Trade Union Congress (WTUC) conference, was arrested … Read more
In response, Mr Giam contended that it was “ridiculous” for any ruling party not to seek good relations with unions. He said what the WP wanted was to “untether the NTUC from the PAP and free up unionists to be independent advocates for workers in Singapore”. At this point, NTUC deputy secretary-general Desmond Tan (PAP-Pasir … Read more
A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated sectors like aviation, the head of a Canadian rail workers’ union told Reuters. Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, also said the union would … Read more
