68 h. ago Visas not an issue in UK trade talks, insists India's top diplomat in London amid Trump tariff chaos

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

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2 d. ago We don't want more visas, says India's top diplomat in London on trade deal with UK amid Trump tariff chaos

Vikram K Doraiswami stressed that his country wanted Indian companies to be able to move staff to Britain ‘more easily’ as part of an agreement, but their focus was on hiring locally

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4 d. ago The 'cozy and diverse' London village that locals agree is the 'best place to live'

The 'cozy and diverse' London village that locals agree is the 'best place to live'  Hackney Gazette

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6 d. ago The beautiful Kent village less than an hour from London for a weekend trip

The beautiful Kent village less than an hour from London for a weekend trip  News Shopper

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8 d. ago We need more creative funding to unlock vital infrastructure for London

TIF agreements allow local governments to borrow against future tax revenues

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1 week ago Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

Village Underground, LondonThe laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity, but wider concerns are never far away“This has been a performance piece about how technology is going to be the death of us all,” jokes rapper, poet, author and playwright Kae Tempest as a keyboard player and a technician wrestle with malfunctioning equipment. We’re just two tracks in; Tempest assures us that if the electronics are not back up soon, they’ll do the whole show a cappella.They could, too. The teenage Tempest cut their teeth battle-rapping in south London, turning to slam poetry when more direct avenues into hip-hop refused to open easily to a young, blond slip of a thing. You suspect they have never wasted the opportunity when handed a mic. Given Tempest’s extended output over more than a decade of albums, works of fiction, poems, plays and nonfiction, with prizes and accolades for many of them – you can’t imagine them ever being a...

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2 w. ago London’s Olympic Village faces £432mn bill for fire safety defects

London’s Olympic Village faces £432mn bill for fire safety defects  Financial Times

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