Britain

British house prices were flat in March and the market is likely to stay soft after a tax increase on property transactions, mortgage lender Nationwide said this week. A Reuters ...

British manufacturers endured a torrid March as the US tariff threat and looming tax increases at home contributed to a plunge in new orders and ebbing optimism, a business survey ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the approach to US tariffs on Friday, saying they agreed an “...

British police said they charged actor-comedian Russell Brand on Friday with rape and multiple counts of assault in cases relating to four separate women between 1999 and 2005. The 50-year-old who was ...

Pay awards granted by British employers cooled during the three months to February, according to a survey that chimed with an official gauge of slowing wage growth that should keep ...

Britain faces a “threat” to its open economy from any global fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs but rather than retaliate it will double down on ...

Around 150 Manchester City and Chelsea fans who have a history of violent conduct will be banned from travelling during the FIFA Club World Cup in the United States this summer, ...

The boss of Heathrow came under fire for an 18-hour shutdown at the airport last month after an airline representative said he had raised concerns about the hub’s resilience ...

British grocery price inflation edged higher in March, industry data showed on Tuesday, putting more pressure on consumers’ budgets at a time when they are facing several other cost increases. ...

Bank of England interest rate setter Megan Greene said on Tuesday that she was concerned by increases in the public’s expectations for future inflation, but added that they remained ...

Britain is still hopeful that any tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump will be reversed shortly, if the two sides can agree the outline of a new economic ...

British business confidence held steady this month, matching February’s six-month high and adding to tentative signs of an uptick in the economy in early 2025, a survey showed this week. ...

UK job vacancies saw the fastest month-on-month growth in three years in February, according to data published on Monday that contrasted with a largely gloomy outlook for the economy. Job ...

King Charles spent a brief time under observation in hospital on Thursday after experiencing side effects from treatment for cancer, Buckingham Palace said, with royal sources saying it was just ...

British climate protest group Just Stop Oil, whose high-profile stunts have included throwing soup at a Van Gogh painting and disrupting sporting and theatre events, said on Thursday that it ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves cut the government’s plans for spending increases on Wednesday to get back on track towards her fiscal targets, but risks in the world economy could ...

British inflation slowed more than expected in February, bringing some relief to consumers ahead of a likely new pick-up in price growth and to finance minister Rachel Reeves before her ...

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority will reassess its attitude towards financial firms’ risk-taking in order to spur growth, the watchdog said on Tuesday, as it set out its next five-year ...

Britain gave the green light on Tuesday to a new £10-billion-pound ($13 billion) road tunnel for the River Thames in southeast England, in its latest backing for an infrastructure project to ...

The Bank of England on Monday launched its 2025 bank capital stress test for Britain’s seven largest and most systemic banks and building societies. The results of the test, which ...

Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain’s government said, adding to the growing list ...

London’s Heathrow Airport resumed full operations on Saturday, a day after a fire knocked out its power supply and shut Europe’s busiest airport, causing global travel chaos. Some ...

Tech companies must start putting in place measures to protect users from child sexual abuse images and other illegal content in Britain from Monday as enforcement of its online safety ...

Thousands of travellers stranded by a huge fire near London’s Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, scrambled to find ways to get home and reunite with their families on Friday ...