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In 2020, Luxembourg became the first country to provide free public transport across its entire territory. [1] Free public transport, often called fare-free public transit or zero-fare public transport, is public transport which is fully funded by means other than collecting fares from passengers. It may be funded by national, regional or local ...
20 February –. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announces the launch of a £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil in London free school meals during the 2023–24 academic year. [24] Junior doctors in England vote to strike in their ongoing dispute for a 26% pay rise, and will stage a 72-hour walkout.
Current status. Online. The Henley Passport Index is a global ranking of countries according to the travel freedom allowed by those countries' ordinary passports for their citizens. [3] It was launched in 2005 as Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index [4] and was updated to Henley Passport Index in January 2018.
Ecuador (signed on 11 October 2023) European Free Trade Association (entered in to force on 1 September 2006) European Union (European Union–South Korea Free Trade Agreement) (entered in to force on 13 December 2015) [23] Guatemala (signed on 9 January 2024) Gulf Cooperation Council (signed on 28 December 2023) [30]
Examples of cities in the United Kingdom; Liverpool, Edinburgh, Worcester; and London. This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated as such as of 12 November 2022. [1][2] It lists those places that have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter. [3][4] There are currently 76 such cities in the ...
Turnout in UK general elections fell from 77% in 1992, and 71% in 1997, to a historic low of 59% in 2001. It has, however, increased, to 61% in 2005, 65% in 2010, 66% in 2015 and 69% in 2017. [156] Turnout has fallen since, to 67% in 2019 and to 59% in 2024. In other elections, turnout trends have been more varied.
Currently, the U.K. mandates up to two weeks of parental leave, which the Dad Shift described in its letter as “the worst statutory paternity offer for new fathers across the whole of Europe ...
In March 2023, criminal case was opened against Moscow resident Yury Kokhovets, a participant in the RFE/RL's street poll. [127] He faced up to 10 years in prison under Russia's 2022 war censorship laws. [128] In 2022, Radio Free Europe was awarded an Online Journalism Award for the coverage of Russia's War on Ukraine. [129]