Next month, thousands of nursing staff across Britain will go on strike for the first time in the 106-year history of the UK's nurses union. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union said that staff in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will go on strike on December 15 and 20.

British nurses to go on strike for two days in December over pay dispute

The inflation rate in the United Kingdom hit a fresh 41-year high in October, increasing to 11.1 per cent amid cost of living crisis stoked by rising energy and food prices, in part due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.

UK inflation soars to 41-year high before Jeremy Hunt's autumn statement

The cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom is now threatening to stall government functioning as tens of thousands of civil servants on Thursday voted in favour of going on strike over pay, pensions and redundancy terms.

Now, UK civil servants to join strike over cost-of-living crisis, union seeks 10% pay hike

British inflation rose to a 40-year high in September, rising above 10 per cent on soaring food prices, official data showed Wednesday. A cost-of-living crisis is currently gripping the country and people are being forced to cut down on basic consumptions.

UK inflation accelerates to 40-year high as food prices soar further

Food price inflation has rocketed past last month's 9.3 per cent to 10.6 per cent in the UK, driven by the war in Ukraine which has raised the prices of commodities like animal feed, fertiliser and vegetable oil.

Data shows UK shoppers are paying record 10.6% more for food than a year ago

As UK is bearing the brunt of inflation, pubs across the country might be forced to close this winter due to soaring energy costs. Pub owners in UK are finding it difficult to run their businesses with energy costs up by as much as 300%.

Cost of living crisis: UK pubs fear closure over rising energy costs