UK chancellor Nadhim Zahawi held Russian President Vladimir Putin and his invasion of Ukraine responsible for escalating energy prices across the globe.
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Britain is plunging deeper into crisis by the day, but its government is missing in action The United Kingdom is enduring a summer of misery as its beloved health service descends into crisis, inflation soars, taps run dry and strikes halt trains. Meanwhile, the government is nowhere to be seen. The sense of collapse is only mounting; health leaders on Friday issued the grim warning of a “humanitarian crisis” without action to stop energy prices increasing over the winter. Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the National Health Service Confederation, said…
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Strikes over pay bring London’s transport network to a halt London’s transport network ground to a halt on Friday as train and bus workers held strikes over pay and conditions, the latest in a summer of labor market disputes as double-digit inflation eats into wages. All London Underground and Overground train lines were suspended or part suspended and dozens of bus routes in the west of the city were disrupted, Transport for London (TfL) said. Tens of thousands of workers from the UK national rail network walked out on Thursday…
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