Britain

Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party said on Monday that if elected, it would stop asylum seekers with what it called the largest military operation in the Channel since World ...

A British man who kept his mother’s body in a freezer for nearly three years while he received almost £80,000 of her welfare benefits was jailed on Monday. Christopher Phillips, 60, ...

The British public’s expectations for future inflation continued to fall in July, ​according to a survey from US bank Citi ‌and pollsters YouGov. Expectations for inflation ​in five or ...

Britain’s Labour Party said on Thursday that it had readmitted the country’s longest-serving female lawmaker Diane Abbott, ending a suspension imposed last year over comments on racism that ...

The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold as expected on Thursday, but a third policymaker backed a rate hike due to renewed conflict between the United States and ...

Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a ‘taxi-boat’ for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and ...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged on Wednesday to overhaul England’s adult social care system, saying he wanted to work with other parties to better fund a service where ...

Associated Newspapers sought an interim payment of £10 million from Prince Harry and other high-profile claimants on Wednesday after they lost their privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail publisher. Earlier this ...

Netflix has edged ahead of the BBC as Britons’ first choice when deciding what to watch on television, media regulator Ofcom said on Wednesday, with 26% of viewers turning first to ...

Average prices at British retailers rose by an annual 0.9 per cent this month, the ​smallest increase since December 2025, as the ‌men’s soccer world cup triggered supermarket discounts on alcohol ...

Britain’s governing Labour Party has caught up with, or overtaken, Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK in the polls, according to three different surveys which showed a bounce for ...

The Bank of England (BoE) looks set to keep interest rates unchanged at 3.75 per cent on Thursday, ​despite a recent spike in oil prices above $100 a barrel which may test ...

British firms reported the first rise in activity in three months in July, helped ‌by a brief respite in the Iran war, while consumers grew in confidence and spent more, ...

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham “will always put Britain’s interests first”, he told the BBC when asked in an interview, parts of which were released on Sunday, whether ...

Five British police officers were injured after a Metropolitan Police boat struck Westminster Bridge in central London on Friday, the force said. The vessel, from the Met’s Marine Policing ...

Britain said its armed forces were ready to protect the country from any attack after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) issued a warning not to allow U.S. bombers to ...

The Commonwealth Games has always been a competition shaped by its history as well as its sport. Previously known as the ‘British Empire Games’, the competition is perhaps viewed by ...

British police apologised on Thursday for a “missed opportunity” to possibly stop a deadly attack on a Manchester synagogue last year, as an associate of the attacker was jailed for ...

Heathrow Airport welcomed a record 40 million passengers during the first half of 2026, despite geopolitical uncertainty affecting parts of its global network, according to financial results published this week. The airport ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Thursday he would lower business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues by 20% from April as part of his drive to lower cost ...

British house prices rose ⁠by 2.7 per cent in ​the year to ​May, after rising by an upwardly revised 3.9 per cent ​in the ​year to April, the Office ‌for ⁠National Statistics ...

British inflation cooled by more than expected last month as a brief de-escalation in the Iran ‌war reduced fuel prices, but the slowdown is likely to offer only temporary relief ...

Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, said on Wednesday he would cut the price of single bus tickets by up to a third as part of early measures to ...

The man accused of murdering former government minister Ann Widdecombe struck her 21 times on the top of her head with a hammer during the attack at her home earlier this ...