Britain

Britain and New Zealand have reached agreement in principle on a free trade deal designed to reduce tariffs, improve services trade, and take London one step closer to membership in ...

The Bank of England will be the first major central bank to raise interest rates in the post-pandemic cycle but economists polled by Reuters think the first hike will not ...

British lawmakers have asked the Financial Conduct Authority why it took five years to prosecute NatWest (NWG.L) for failing to prevent the laundering of nearly 400 million pounds ($551.28 million), after ...

Queen Elizabeth, the world’s longest-reigning monarch, decided on Wednesday to rest for the next few days on advice from doctors and cancelled a planned visit to Northern Ireland, Buckingham ...

The National Health Service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many parts of Britain and pressure is only going to increase as winter approaches, the head of ...

By Laura Elston The Queen may be 95 but she has turned down the Oldie of the Year trophy because she feels she does not meet the criteria, believing “you are ...

A senior British minister was accosted on the street by angry protesters as he walked to an office in central London on Tuesday, days after the murder of one of ...

By William James British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced nearly 10 billion pounds ($13.72 billion) of private investment in green projects on Tuesday and courted the “trillions of the markets” in a ...

Britain’s net-zero strategy will create 440,000 new jobs in green industries by 2030, junior energy minister Greg Hands said on Tuesday, adding it included a zero-emission vehicle mandate to end the ...

Britain reported the highest number of new COVID-19 cases in three months on Monday as the number of infections reached levels last seen when lockdown restrictions were in place in ...

Asking prices across all regions and segments of Britain’s housing market rose in unison for the first time since 2007 as buyer demand once again outstripped homes coming onto the ...

Supply chain problems that are dragging on the economy’s post-lockdown recovery will persist for at least a year, according to a survey of chief financial officers at top British ...

When Nigel Upson checks the plucked chicken carcasses dangling from a rotating line at his poultry plant in England, he sees cash haemorrhaging out of his business from a collision ...

Ford (F.N) said on Monday it would invest up to 230 million pounds ($316 million) to build electric car components at its Halewood factory in northern England. The plant will produce ...

Britain pays tribute on Monday to David Amess, the veteran lawmaker stabbed to death while meeting constituency votersBritish lawmaker stabbed to death in ‘terrorist incident’ (update 2), as police questioned a 25...

British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak is stepping up plans for an online sales tax, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. Treasury officials have accelerated work on a new e-commerce tax and ...

Britain is considering a number of options to boost the security of lawmakers after a parliamentarian was stabbed to death during a meeting with constituents, interior minister Priti Patel said ...

It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna’s life. Within minutes of entering her card details, she ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday laid flowers at the church where a lawmaker was stabbed to death a day earlier, in what police say was a terrorist attack ...

Company insolvencies in England and Wales rose last month and returned to levels seen just before the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Friday. The government’s Insolvency Service said 1,446 ...

Britain’s Brexit minister David Frost said that the European Union needs to make significant change if there is to be a deal over the Northern Irish part of the ...

Fully vaccinated passengers arriving in England from low-risk countries from Oct. 24 will no longer have to take expensive COVID-19 tests, the British government said on Thursday. Last month the government ...

COVID-19 infections in children in England rose in September after schools returned from summer holidays, helping to keep cases high even as there was a fall among adults, a large ...

Britain’s 20-year binge on cheap food is coming to an end and food price inflation could hit double digits due to a tidal wave of soaring costs that are ...