Category: Politics
Weekly Politics Summary: 8/3/24
Jeremy Hunt and his Spring budget On Wednesday the 6th of March Jeremy Hunt announced the UK Spring budget that will aim to improve the British economy and raise support for the Conservative Party ahead of a 2024 election which is either going to be in August or in May. The major change will be…
The 3 Big changes in the Spring Budget
On Wednesday the 6th of March, Jeremy Hunt announced in Parliament what the Spring Budget will contain. This is expected to be the final budget ahead of an expected summer general election. Taxation The National Insurance tax will be reduced by 2%, on top of the 1% cut in the Autumn statement, for both employees…
India: Fastest Growing Economy in 2024
In the final three months of 2023, India’s GDP increased by a staggering 8.4%, going over and beyond analyst’s predictions of 6.6%. This places India as the fifth largest economy globally, with a GDP of $4.113 trillion. By 2027 they are set to rise to third place, overtaking Germany and Japan, who currently have GDPs…
European farmers protest the EU’s love for foreign goods
During February, widespread agricultural protests took over many European Union countries like France, Belgium, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Germany and Spain. These Farming protests began over economic and environmental policies that have been negatively affecting farmers ever since cheap agricultural imports from Ukraine have been replacing natively grown and made produce.The main cause amongst…
Spring Budget 2024- What to Expect?
On the 6th of March 2024, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to give an announcement regarding the UK’s financial plans and changes. After looking through various verified sources, finding the most common predictions for what Jeremy will announce, and making sure other sources also corroborate their claims, here is a summary of what we…
US will start delivering aid to Gaza after embarrassing Michigan Primary
Joe Biden is expected to be the Democrat Presidential front runner in the November Presidential election with Biden winning the first Democrat Primary Election on February 28th with 81% of the vote in Michigan. It looks like only another in the Democrat Party can compete with Biden. This would be the “uncommitted” box on the…