Britain's unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent, an awkward situation for Prime Minister Sunak, who is standing for election next month, although income growth remains high.
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Prime Minister Sunak put tax cuts at the heart of his Conservative Party's election manifesto, promising to cut taxes for working people by 17.2 billion pounds if re-elected.
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The Financial Times quoted three people familiar with the matter as saying that the European Commission believes Ukraine is ready for EU accession talks and will recommend on Friday (June 7) that Ukraine's accession talks start this month to avoid delays after Hungary takes over the EU presidency.
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Only a small minority of Britons, French and Germans have a great deal of confidence that the US will guarantee their security over the next decade, according to a survey.
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The ILO's director General, Hong Bo, says the multiple crises could adversely affect the recovery of the labor market.
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Fast fashion giant SHEIN is planning a London stock market listing that is expected to value it at around 50 billion pounds.
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The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Starmer, says he plans to ban employers who break employment laws from hiring workers from abroad in an attempt to reduce net migration to Britain.
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In recent years, during the highly publicized "blood pollution scandal" in the UK, there have been frequent public doubts about medical ethics and regulation.
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Pharmacists in France have gone on strike, closing up to 90 percent of pharmacies, demanding the government focus on drug shortages, tighter online drug control and better pay.
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On May 28, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in northern Norway held its second seed deposit ceremony this year, adding more than 20,000 samples from 15 institutions in Benin, Armenia, Indonesia and other countries, bringing the total number of seed samples in the vault to 1.29 million.
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On October 16, 2025, two "no-confidence motions" against French Prime Minister Lecornu in the National Assembly ended in failure.
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