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28/3/2023
Food Prices See 25% Annual Rise Amid Vegetable Shortages In UK Supermarkets
Shoppers across the United Kingdom have had to limit the number of fresh fruit and vegetables in their trolleys over the past two weeks, as some of the biggest supermarket chains in the country have rationed their sales of salad vegetables. The latest consumer price index (CPI) rose by 10.4% in the twelve months, while the most significant upward contributions to inflation were brought by housing and household services (26.6%), along with food and non-alcoholic beverages (18%).
28/3/2023
Rising Inflation Will Continue To Cause Political Headaches For The Government, But Also For The Bank Of England
The Bank of England raised its main interest rate for the eleventh time in a row to 4.25% at its March meeting. At its previous meeting in February the Bank was optimistic about the prospects for inflation in the coming year, saying: "We expect inflation to fall quickly this year." But in-between times, inflation hit 10.4%, with price increases for food and other essentials rising well above that rate.
28/3/2023
Royal Mail Bosses Threaten To Declare Insolvency As Pay Talks Near Collapse
This heading appeared in yesterdays Guardian newspaper. Talks with union over pay and working practices are on brink of collapse and special administration has been explored, Royal Mail is on course to make operating losses of £350m-£400m this year, its parent company has said.
28/3/2023
Food Prices Push UK Shop Price Inflation To New High
Soaring food prices pushed annual inflation in British shops to its highest in at least 18 years in March, industry data showed on Tuesday 28 March 2023. The British Retail Consortium said overall shop price inflation rose to 8.9% from 8.4% in February, the largest increase since the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) records started in 2005.28/3/2023
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tenders resignation to the King
Nicola Sturgeon steps down after 3,051 days as FM. Scotland's longest-serving and first ever female First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today resigned from office.28/3/2023
Food and Utility Prices Fuel Inflation in February
Increases in housing and housing services, most notably water, electricity and gas, contributed the most to the overall inflation in February, with prices having gone up by 26.6%, according to the Office for National Statistics. Food prices, however, have also seen a huge rise - compared to the same period last year, they increased by 18%, data shows.
27/3/2023
Ukrainian Tank Crews Complete Challenger 2 Training In Uk
Ukrainian tank crews have completed training on Challenger 2 tanks in the UK and have returned home to continue their fight against Russia's illegal invasion. Ukrainian tank crews have completed training on Challenger 2 tanks in the UK and have returned home to continue their fight against Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion.
27/3/2023
Humza Yousaf is the new SNP Leader
Humza Yousaf has been elected to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and Scotland's next first minister. The final number of eligible members was 72,169.27/3/2023
Covid-19 Spring Booster Programme Underway
Residents in care homes for older adults are receiving their spring COVID-19 booster from today (Monday) as the latest stage of the national vaccination programme gets underway. Following recent advice from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), a spring booster dose will also be offered to those aged 75 and over from 11 April and individuals aged five and over with a weakened immune system from 24 April.27/3/2023
Alcohol Duty Reform
2 weeks to go: share your views on the Alcohol Duty draft secondary legislation by 9 April 2023. Stakeholders, including producers, importers, and resellers of alcoholic products have until 9 April 2023 to submit their views on the draft secondary legislation.26/3/2023
We Try Out Chat Open AI To Write Strories about Caithness
The possibilities to generate essays and articles using Artificial Intelligence may be controversial for students cheating in exams but does it really work. The use is spreading fast but can you tell if items are written by a real person? We tried out a few simple tests to check it out.26/3/2023
Business And Trade Secretary Opens Up Markets Worth £11 Million Every Day To UK Businesses
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch has knocked down barriers to markets worth more than £2.2 billion to UK businesses in her first 200 days in the job - equivalent to over £11 million every day. In Kemi Badenoch's first 200 days in office the Department for Business and Trade has removed barriers to global markets worth more than £2.2 billion over the next five years.
26/3/2023
Raising Awareness Of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Campaign to highlight symptoms of Crohn's and Colitis. A campaign to raise awareness of the bowel conditions Crohn’s and Colitis has been launched as study shows cases are rising.26/3/2023
Why Do So Many Parties Use Transferable Voting For Their Leadership Elections?
with the SNP leadership vote result almost here. You may like to understand the voting system being used.25/3/2023
East Caithness Community Facility will remain closed to the public until further notice.
A spokesperson for High Life Highland has confirmed that the East Caithness Community Facility will remain closed to the public until further notice. The spokesperson said, "The location's emergency procedures were implemented following a chemical-related incident this morning which resulted in the schools and community and sports facilities being evacuated as a precautionary measure.25/3/2023
Fife National Treatment Centre Opened By First Minister
A new state-of-the-art healthcare facility which will significantly increase national capacity for orthopaedic surgery has been opened by the First Minister. Fife National Treatment Centre (NTC) will provide additional capacity for more than 700 orthopaedic procedures a year including hip and knee surgery, by 2025-26.
25/3/2023
15 Years Of Economic Stagnation Has Left Workers Across Britain With An £11,000 A Year Lost Wages Gap
Over the past year, soaring inflation has caused a massive fall in workers' real wages. But Britain’s pay problems - and the stagnation in living standards they have contributed to – go much further back.25/3/2023
Family Incomes Were Protected Over The Course Of The Pandemic - But Have Fallen Sharply Since
Unprecedented government support helped to ensure that typical disposable incomes didn't fall over the course of the pandemic, and actually rose for poor families, in marked contrast to the biggest income squeeze in a generation that Britain is currently living through, the Resolution Foundation said on Thursday 23 March 2023 in response to the latest Households Below Average Income (HBAI) statistics. The DWP’s latest HBAI statistics for 2021-22 offer a detailed look at the impact of the pandemic and its aftermath on living standards.25/3/2023
Public Opinions And Social Trends, Great Britain: 8 To 19 March 2023
The following information is for the latest survey period 8 to 19 March 2023, based on adults in Great Britain. When asked about the important issues facing the UK today, the most commonly reported issues continue to be the cost of living (91%), the NHS (84%), the economy (71%), and climate change and the environment (57%).25/3/2023
Surprise inflation rise leaves big gap in price rises facing poorer and richer households
A surprise rise in inflation last month - with CPI rising from 10.1 to 10.4 per cent - will further complicate the decision over what to do about interest rates when MPC members meet tomorrow, the Resolution Foundation said in response to the latest ONS prices data. The inflation rise in February was against market expectations of a fourth consecutive monthly fall in the inflation rate.Our Social Media
