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The former boss of the Co-op collected almost £2m before her sudden departure last month despite a difficult year when the retailer was pushed into the red by a damaging cyber hack. Shirine Khoury-Haq’s total annual pay package amounted to £1.9m in 2025, including a £165,000 “rewarding growth” bonus that was approved by the mutual’s board despite falling sales and ...

The government has asked its new employment rights watchdog to reduce the regulatory burden on business, it has emerged, a request that worker advocates said risks turning the agency into “a dead duck”. The Fair Work Agency (FWA), which is being launched on Tuesday, is a cornerstone of Labour’s Employment Rights Act. It will bring together several existing labour enforcement ...

A number of ministers concerned about Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes are working behind the scenes with backbenchers to secure more exemptions, the Guardian has learned. Keir Starmer is consulting on the proposed changes, which would make it harder to achieve settled status in the UK, and is under pressure from within his own party to say the measures should not ...

The UK will seek an even deeper partnership with the EU because of the instability wreaked by Donald Trump’s war with Iran, Keir Starmer has said, adding that the moment called for a more ambitious deal with Brussels to strengthen trade and defence. His comments came as the US president again said he was considering pulling the US out of ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman, Special correspondent : Dhaka University Alumni in the UK (DUAUK), an organization of former students of Dhaka University living in the United Kingdom, celebrated Bangladesh’s 56th Independence and National Day with due dignity, respect and patriotism. The event was held at a hall in East London on Saturday, March 28th. The program was presided over by the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The inauguration of the newly elected committee of the Golapganj Social and Cultural Trust UK in London, the Golapganj Excellence Award 2026, and the Eid reunion ceremony were held in a joyful atmosphere. The grand event was held on Sunday (March 29) at the auditorium of the London Enterprise Academy in East London in the presence ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah The Conservative Friends of Bangladesh hosted a celebration of Bangladesh’s Independence Day alongside an Eid reunion and Dol Purnima at the UK Parliament. The event took place on Monday, 23rd March, in the Jubilee Room at the House of Commons, and was attended by the Conservative Party Chairman, Shadow Ministers, MPs, British-Bangladeshi members, and other Conservative Party ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah An event marking Bangladesh’s Independence Day was held on 23 March in the Jubilee Room at the House of Commons, bringing together senior Conservative Party figures, including the Party Chairman, Shadow Ministers, Members of Parliament, British-Bangladeshi community members, and party volunteers. The event host, Bob Blackman MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, delivered a keynote ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : An emotional cultural event was celebrated in London with songs and dances by the Swadhinata Mancha, commemorating the 56th Independence Day of Bangladesh, the nation’s greatest sons, the brave freedom fighters and martyrs of the 1971 battlefield. The freedom fighters living in Britain were invited to the stage and welcomed with flowers, and everyone present stood ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Sheikh Farooq Ahmed, a prominent community leader, education enthusiast and social worker, has been nominated for the position of councilor of Britain’s renowned Green Party from the Barking and Dagenham area of ​​East London. He has become a well-known and respected personality in the area due to his long-standing involvement in social and humanitarian work. He ...