Britain

Britain has named Blaise Metreweli, a career intelligence officer, as the first female head of the Secret Intelligence Service, the foreign spy service known as MI6. Metreweli, 47, who is currently ...

The United Kingdom could potentially support Israel in its conflict with Iran, but the decision to send additional military jets to the Middle East was made mainly to protect British ...

Britain’s economic output fell sharply in April, reflecting shockwaves from US President Donald Trump’s announcement of wide-ranging tariffs and the end of a tax break on property sales, ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves prioritised spending on health, defence and infrastructure projects to drive economic growth in a bid on Wednesday to reboot the Labour government’s offer of a ...

The British economy will grow a mild 1 per cent this year with the Bank of England set to cut interest rates two more times in 2025, according to economists polled by ...

Pay growth in Britain slowed sharply and unemployment rose to its highest in nearly four years in the three months to April, official data showed on Tuesday, potentially making the ...

British house prices in May were 3.5 per cent higher than a year earlier, monthly data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed this week, after an unexpected 0.5 per cent monthly increase largely ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves will divvy up more than 2 trillion pounds ($2.7 trillion) of public money between her ministerial colleagues on Wednesday, making choices that will define what the year-old Labour ...

Britain’s financial watchdog has joined forces with foreign regulators to crack down on people who promote financial products on social media without authorisation, and will make 650 requests for platforms ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won a surprise victory on Friday in a fiercely fought by-election for the Scottish parliament, while support for the right-wing Reform UK ...

Britain said on Thursday it would step up efforts to protect its water resources ahead of the summer, after the driest and warmest spring in England in over 130 years. The ...

British Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday more pensioners will receive winter fuel payments starting this winter, following the government’s U-turn on the cuts in the payments to the ...

A bill has been tabled in the United Kingdom’s parliament with the aim of allowing direct flights between the country and northern Cyprus. The bill, an “early day motion”, ...

The number of mortgages approved by British lenders for house purchase fell more than expected in April to their lowest in over a year as the market adjusted to higher ...

Britain has threatened to take Russian businessman Roman Abramovich to court over the frozen 2.5 billion pounds in proceeds from his sale of Chelsea football club that he wanted to go ...

Portuguese police have launched a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal’s Algarve region where the British three-year-old disappeared in 2007, following a request from German authorities, the country’s ...

Britain must be ready to fight and win a war against states with advanced military forces, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said as his government announced a 1.5 billion-pound ($2.0 billion) plan to ...

Business confidence in Britain’s services sector hit a two-and-a-half-year low in the quarter to May and cost pressures are ramping up partly as a result of employment tax rises, ...

Britain said on Saturday it would spend an extra 1.5 billion pounds to tackle the poor state of housing for the country’s armed forces, helping to support recruitment, retention and ...

Britain’s vehicle output dropped sharply in April, marking the worst start to the year since 2009, due to weak export demand and the timing of Easter, industry data showed this ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned on Thursday that Nigel Farage would crash the economy if his Reform UK party ever won power, describing the tax and spending plans of ...

British grocery price inflation jumped to 4.1 per cent for the four weeks to May 18, its highest level since February last year, adding to pressure on consumers already facing higher household ...

The International Monetary Fund nudged up its growth forecast for Britain this year in a regular assessment of the country’s economy, and it urged finance minister Rachel Reeves to ...

King Charles, speaking during a symbolic visit to show support for Canada at a time it has faced U.S. annexation threats, on Tuesday expressed his love for Canada and ...