The European Union needs to step up its efforts to rival China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a more targeted approach to global infrastructure investments, according to an internal European Commission briefing document. The document calls for a strategic focus to
A scheme hailed by the European Union as a “once in a lifetime chance to emerge stronger from the pandemic” didn’t deliver the hoped results in Spain, according to a property expert. Mark Stucklin blamed the planning system, bureaucracy and political games
German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and arrested 10 suspects, including two
The Rwanda scheme reportedly “could cost the UK nearly £5bn in the first five years” for 30,000 migrants, according to leaked Home Office documents. It is anticipated that as few as 500 migrants will be deported in the first year but the
Brits looking to buy their dream properties in Spain have blasted Madrid’s plans to scrap golden visas for non-EU nationals as “absolutely crazy” and economically illiterate. Under existing rules, non-EU citizens investing a minimum of £429,000 (€500k) in property qualify for a
Nigel Farage was left in stitches by anti-ULEZ protesters using bat boxes to frustrate the scheme. The animal boxes have been spotted on camera poles in parts of London in an apparent bid to prevent devices from being installed or fixed. Bats
Farmers have warned a green scheme designed to boost sustainability and wildlife threatens to take farmland out of use. The Government’s post-Brexit Environmental Land Management schemes (ELMs) are being rolled out across England, including the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). SFI aims to
A Question Time audience member has erupted at the “idiots” blocking Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda immigration policy. The man slammed critics during a debate about whether an alternative needs to be found for the troubled scheme, which suffered seven defeats in the
Tory MPs have been urged to “unite” tomorrow in the fight to get migrant deportation flights to Rwanda off the ground. Senior Cabinet Minister Mark Harper said he hopes “every Conservative MP” votes to ensure new legislation gets through parliament speedily. His
Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ scheme, the subject of multiple furious protests across the capital in recent months, treats drivers as “cash cows”, Reform UK’s London Mayoral candidate has claimed. And Howard Cox has vowed to scrap the controversial emissions plan on day one,