A soldier has been honoured with the British Army's first promotion in the field since 1953.
Rifleman Gigar Das, from 1st Battalion The Rifles (1 RIFLES), was honoured a promotion in the field for his service to Mali while serving as part of the EU Training Team.
The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall, accompanied the head of the French Army, General Bertrand Ract-Madoux, to witness soldiers from 1 RIFLES delivering infantry training to their Malian counterparts.
Both generals were hugely impressed with Rifleman Das as they observed him conducting a...
The Chairman of the Local Government Association (LGA), Sir Merrick Cockell, is to address public service leaders from across Devon tomorrow saying that economic growth is being stunted because of the way Whitehall allocates and spends taxpayers' money.
Sir Merrick Cockell will use his keynote address to local government leaders, councillors and public service leaders from across Devon to demand a radical overhaul of the way public money is distributed and spent to deliver a fair deal for English residents, boost economic growth and completely rewire a public sector which has...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Goodbye Britain? For the European Union, a once-unthinkable question is looking more like a real possibility with each new grinding week of economic crisis. The reason is that bad times are forcing the 17 EU nations that use the euro currency to move ever closer toward some kind of United States of Europe — one that could make decisions about how much member countries spend and how much tax they collect.
If ever Britain had a nightmare, that's it.
The British public shows no interest in moving closer to the rest of Europe, and most can't even seem to stomach...
Young Britons are bucking the trend of the generation before them by choosing to save rather than spend, according to new figures out this week. The findings indicate that over five million 18-24 year olds, approximately 66 per cent of the age group, manage to put money aside each month into savings or investments, each putting aside £204 on average.
According to the Disposable Income Index, a report commissioned by ISA provider Scottish Friendly and which examines saving and spending habits across the UK, the average 18-24 year old has around £3,200 in savings, even though over...
