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Day: January 27, 2018

Boost for UK Bombardier jobs
Featured, United Kingdom

Boost for UK Bombardier jobs

    A Bombardier CS300 jet, part of the C-series which had been threatened with heavy tariffs Thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland appear to have been saved after plane maker Bombardier won a legal battle in the US that has overturned damaging import tariffs on its C-Series aircraft. On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously against Boeing in favour of its Canadian rival Bombardier after Donald Trump’s administration had threatened to impose duties of 292%. The decision defied the expectations of both the British government and trade unions in Northern Ireland. Theresa May held talks with Trump over the dispute at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where the prime minister is reported to have reiterated the importance of Bombardier to the ...
IMF chief warns Trump’s tax cuts could destabilise global economy
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IMF chief warns Trump’s tax cuts could destabilise global economy

    Donald Trump’s huge tax cuts are a threat to the stability of the global economy, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund has warned. Christine Lagarde singled out Trump’s tax reforms as one of three risks that could destabilise the current economic recovery, especially given the boom in stock markets in the last year. While the US tax reforms certainly will have positive effects in the short term, for the US and other countries around, it might also lead to serious risks, Lagarde told the World Economic Forum in Davos. That has an impact on financial vulnerability, particularly given the high asset prices that we see around the world, and the easy financing that it still available, she added. She was speaking shortly after the US president told D...
Nurses feel no longer allowed to chat to patients over a cup of tea
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Nurses feel no longer allowed to chat to patients over a cup of tea

    A doctor at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Nurses feel they are no longer allowed to chat to patients over a cup of tea, amid struggles to keep wards staffed safely, MPs have warned. The Health Committee said its inquiry found evidence of a crisis in the nursing workforce, with more than one in ten positions vacant, amid mounting pressures. Its report called on the chief nursing officer to write to every hospital in the country, instructing them to make sure staff were able to eat and drink during their shifts, and to carry out safe handovers of patients. During the inquiry, MPs said a number of nurses had reported that they were not even allowed to have a cup of tea on the ward with patients. Others said they did not even have time to have a drink of wat...
Russia mocks UK attack warning
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Russia mocks UK attack warning

    Russia has mocked the British defence secretary over his warning that an attack by the country could kill thousands of Brits, comparing it to a sketch from classic comedy series Monty Python. Conservative minister Gavin Williamson has lost his grasp on reason,Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday, according to Russian news agency Tass. His fears about Russia getting pictures of power plants and studying the routes of British pipelines are worthy of a comic plot or a Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch. MP for South Staffordshire had accused Moscow of researching the UK's critical infrastructure, including gas and electric supplies, with an eye for creating panic and chaos for millions of Brits. Vladimir Putin's Russia is willing to take...
Theresa May seems to have brought Donald Trump back into line
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Theresa May seems to have brought Donald Trump back into line

    President Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May's joint press appearance in Davos on Thursday. While displays of mutual faith in longstanding alliances aren't unusual at Davos (that's the point of the entire World Economic Forum) this one was ... weird. Trump said he wanted to address the false rumour that he might not respect Britain, or May. And then he added, We are very much joined at the hip when it comes to the military. We have the same ideas, the same ideals, and there is nothing that would happen to you that we won't be there to fight for you, you know that. It was an odd thing to say given that there are no military threats to Britain right now, and the joint defence roles of the US and UK in NATO weren't really in doubt. The only way the meeting staged e...