Day: September 25, 2024

The flan pâtissier is the ultimate custard tart, but who makes the ultimate ultimate? Our resident perfectionist distills one from the flaniverse … Flan: not the cheese-and-tomato traybake served up for British school dinners or the Latin American creme caramel, but the magnificent custard tart that stands proud on so many French bakery counters. I […]
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UK News: PM tells Labour conference he will not con people with false hope but says there is light at the end of the tunnel

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Keir Starmer has urged Britons to keep faith amid difficult and sometimes unpopular decisions being made by the government, saying he realised many voters wanted quicker progress, but that he would not con people with “false hope” or easy answers.

Giving his first speech to the Labour conference as prime minister, Starmer repeatedly promised to create “a Britain that belongs to you”, an extension of his election mantra of a government of service. Continue reading…
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Ballot backs rise of 4.5% this year from train companies and Network Rail, reducing chance of more strikes

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Rail workers have voted to accept pay offers by train companies and Network Rail, reducing the prospect of a repeat of the national strikes that have caused misery for passengers over the last two years.

Members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) voted overwhelmingly to support the pay offers that will result in increases of more than 4% over the next two years. Continue reading…
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