The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency has been tasked with investigating a clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in Leicester after an undercover reporter alleged the workers, many of them from India, were facing sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments.
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UK Home Secretary Priti Patel launches working group to tackle migrant issues
The United Kingdom’s Indian-origin Home Secretary Priti Patel launched a new cross-government review panel to address issues faced by the country’s immigrant communities.
UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak appoints Indian-origin Nikhil Rathi as CEO of financial oversight agency
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced the appointment of Indian-origin chief of the London Stock Exchange Nikhil Rathi as the new chief executive of the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Exclusive: British-Indian MP Virendra Sharma’s tough speak on UK government’s handling of COVID-19
An exclusive Spotlight interview with Virendra Sharma, one of the longest-serving British Indian MPs from Ealing Southall in West London.
British-Indian Business Secretary Alok Sharma self-isolating after returning home from Parliament
Britain’s Indian-origin Business Secretary Alok Sharma has been tested for the novel coronavirus after feeling unwell at the despatch box in the House of Commons.
Indian-origin UK Business Secretary says UK moving closer to lifting lockdown
Speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the United Kingdom, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said the nation is in a position to move to the next level of its COVID-19 response and further lift the lockdown measures in place in careful steps.
Indian-origin UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gears up to present Budget on Wednesday
Rishi Sunak, United Kingdom’s first Indian-origin finance minister, is reportedly set to scrap an unpopular tax on women’s sanitary products as well as announce supporting resources to the National Health Service to battle COVID-19 in the UK’s post-Brexit Budget on Wednesday.
MEA refutes Turkish President, UK Foreign Office comments about Delhi violence, CAA
The Indian Ministry of External Affairs refuted Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the United Kingdom’s junior foreign minister Nigel Adams for their “irresponsible” comments over violence in the national capital when it is going through a “sensitive time”.
Indian-origin MP Suella Braverman sworn in as UK Attorney-General
Indian-origin Suella Braverman was formally sworn in as UK’s new Attorney General at a ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. She had been appointed for the post, in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reshuffled Cabinet, earlier this month.
Indian-origin Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to present UK Budget on March 11
New Indian-origin Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is set to get off to a flying start as he helms the UK government in presenting the Budget on March 11 as previously announced.
