Rishi Sunak pledges to work ‘night and day’ for vision as UK PM race enters finale

Sunak reiterated his vision statement as the first British Indian to run for the top job at 10 Downing Street ahead of the final campaign event scheduled at a popular concert venue in Wembley on Wednesday evening.

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UK: Prince William charity invests with bank tied to dirty fuels

UK: Prince William charity invests with bank tied to dirty fuels The Royal Foundation also places more than half of its investments in a fund advertised as green that owns shares in large food companies that buy palm oil from companies linked to deforestation. The conservation charity founded by Prince William, second in line to the British throne and who launched the Earthshot Prize, keeps its investments in a bank that is one of the world’s biggest backers of fossil fuels, The Associated Press has learned. The Royal Foundation also…

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No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout, UK news update

No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout No subway trains were running on most of London’s Tube lines because of the strike over jobs, pay and pensions by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union, operator Transport for London said. A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding halt on Friday, a day after a nationwide walkout by railway staff . Another rail strike is scheduled for Saturday as the U.K. endures a summer of action by workers…

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