The official opening ceremony for production of Nissan's groundbreaking electric car - the Nissan Leaf - at the company's manufacturing plant in Sunderland on Thursday, March 28, was attended by Prime Minister David Cameron, who hailed the manufacturing industry of the region.

It has been announced by the Care Quality Commission that for bringing a difference in the way social care and health services are regulated, a chief inspector of social care might be appointed.

In a recently-issued warning, the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) has drawn attention to the fact that the coming weeks may witness approximately 300,000 additional households being forced into a situation of fuel poverty.

The UK Government will reportedly blacklist Huawei if the country’s security & intelligence agencies find any malware or spyware in the Chinese communications giant’s UK operations, but any such move could lead to a damaging multibillion-pound trade war between the UK and China.

Blacklisting of Huawei could also derail the roll-out of the UK’s economically crucial 4G mobile internet services.

It seems it would take some more time to strike an agreement over European Union's budget as there are yet to be differences sorted out. "I think we are not yet at the stage where we need to be, namely (ready for) a collective decision", German Chancellor Angela Merkel said while she arrived for a second day of talks in Brussels.

A recent report has uncovered that Britain and Germany's calls for further restraint have been ignored by the latest compromise plan. Thus, Friday, both the nations have warned that no summit deal would be there on the proposed 1 trillion euro long-term budget of the European Union without any increase in the spending cuts.

Yesterday the German government has pointed out that Britain would need to assist the new EU bailout financially. This bailout is being negotiated for Greece though David Cameron has repeatedly saying that the issue is a "red line" for the government.

There has been different messages received from Berlin and London, it is expected that this would have a conflict between Germany and Britain at an EU summit opening. The summit will be held in Brussels on Thursday.