Britain

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Tuesday to “leave no stone unturned” to uncover failings in preventing the killings of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed event, saying an ...

By Mike Peacock Bond vigilantism has returned to Britain, raising the prospect that the government will be forced to consider politically toxic tax rises or public spending cuts to placate ...

Average asking prices for newly listed homes in Britain had their biggest start-of-the-year increase since 2020 but uncertainty about the pace of interest rate cuts is hanging over the market, property ...

A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event last July, one of Britain’s most shocking crimes this century that ...

The pound hit a fresh five-month low versus the euro on Monday, even as it rose against a weakening dollar, as recent economic data and comments from a Bank of ...

British house prices rose at their fastest annual pace in almost two years in November, adding to signs of resilience in the property market despite high borrowing costs, according to ...

High government spending and a growing need among big economies – from the United States to Britain and France – to tap bond markets to fund their outlays have shot up the ...

Around one in six British companies cut hiring late last year, the highest share since early 2021, according to a survey that showed firms felt pressure to raise prices due to ...

Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Denis Law has died at the age of 84, the Premier League club said on Friday. “It is with a heavy heart that we tell ...

The Bank of England will cut interest rates four times this year to support a flat-lining economy, economists polled by Reuters said, but they added that risks to inflation are ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he would give Ukraine the support it needed to put it in the strongest position to fight Russia in 2025, saying before talks ...

Britain’s economic output returned to growth in November but expanded by less than expected in the first month after finance minister Rachel Reeves announced big tax increases for businesses. ...

British business confidence slid to a two-year low at the end of last year, pushed down by worries about tax following the Labour government’s first budget, a survey showed ...

The pound held steady on both the dollar and euro on Wednesday as the relief investors felt from a cooler-than-expected inflation print that sparked a rally in gilts outweighed the ...

No decision will be made for at least a couple of years on whether Britain will go ahead with a central bank digital currency for the general public, the Bank ...

Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK is Britain’s second most popular political party and sits just one percentage point behind the governing Labour Party, according to an ...

The number of job vacancies in London’s financial sector dropped by almost a fifth in the last three months of 2024 compared with the previous quarter, to its lowest level ...

Climate activists from Just Stop Oil painted over the grave of British naturalist Charles Darwin at London’s Westminster Abbey on Monday. Two activists entered Westminster Abbey – Britain’s site ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted to make the UK an artificial intelligence “superpower”, promising to take a pro-innovation approach to regulation, make public data available to researchers ...

Large British businesses plan to cut hiring this year at the fastest pace since the COVID-19 pandemic and scale back investment due to big tax rises announced in the government’...

British households’ expectations for inflation rose in December, according to a survey that may add to concerns among investors about the slow pace of future interest rate cuts by the ...

Britain’s gas storage levels are worryingly low, with less than a week’s worth of gas in storage after a cold snap, energy company Centrica CNA.L said on ...

Sterling continued its slide on Friday, its fourth day of falls, as elevated global bond yields kept the currency under pressure. The pound was down 0.17 per cent against the dollar ...

Rachel Reeves is facing her first major test as Britain’s finance minister after the government’s borrowing costs jumped sharply this week and the pound tumbled, potentially forcing her ...