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Mick Lynch at RMT solidarity strike rally at London Kings Cross, 25 June 2022. Following a ballot of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers members over whether to take industrial action, it was announced on 24 May 2022 that they had voted in favour of strike action, paving the way for the UK's first national rail strike for three decades. [1]
Among the major projects she will unveil will be plans to deliver the Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor that will boost the UK economy by up to £78bn by 2035, according to industry experts.
As of 2022, the UK aerospace industry was the second largest in the world behind that of the United States, [15] with a turnover of over $34.5 billion. Major players in the UK defence and aerospace market include BAE Systems, Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Babcock International, GKN Aerospace, Leonardo, Safran, General Electric, MBDA and Thales.
Production is now in decline and the UK has been a net importer of oil since 2005. [167] As of 2010 the UK has around 3.1 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves, the largest of any EU member state. [167] In 2009 the UK was the 13th largest producer of natural gas in the world and the largest producer in the EU. [168]
BBC News reports that the Gambling Commission's investigation involves more people than those already named. [529] 24 June Princess Anne is taken to hospital with a head injury thought to have been caused by a horse. [530] The UK records its hottest temperature of 2024 so far, with 28.3 °C recorded at Wisley in Surrey. [531]
After extensive privatisation of the public sector during the Margaret Thatcher administration, there remain few statutory corporations in the UK. Privatisation began in the late 1970s, and notable privatisations include the Central Electricity Generating Board, British Rail, and more recently Royal Mail.
Now, the UK financial industry is concentrated overwhelmingly in the City of London and Canary Wharf, with back office and administrative operation often dispersed around the south of England. London is one of the world's great financial centres, which is one of the factors that is commonly considered to make it a world city.
The pharmaceutical industry employs around 67,000 people in the UK and in 2007 contributed £8.4 billion to the UK's GDP and invested a total of £3.9 billion in research and development. [ 113 ] [ 114 ] In 2007 exports of pharmaceutical products from the UK totalled £14.6 billion, creating a trade surplus in pharmaceutical products of £4.3 ...