Britain

Pay settlements granted by British employers held at 3 per cent in the three months to August but many firms are now offering smaller rises in response to their higher labour ...

Britain’s hot and dry summer has put this year’s World Conker Championships in jeopardy with a series of heatwaves leading to smaller than normal conkers, organisers say. The ...

Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK party will make it harder for foreign nationals to move to Britain if it wins the next election, tailoring the system to higher earners ...

A British couple who were detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan in February have been released and flown to Doha following Qatari mediation, an official with knowledge of the matter ...

Britain’s economy will see a dramatic decline in job opportunities, particularly at the entry level, the boss of fashion retailer Next (NXT.L) said on Thursday, partly blaming Labour ...

Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the renewal of their nations’ “special relationship” on Thursday, drawing the U.S leader’s unprecedented second state visit to a ...

The Bank of England kept rates unchanged on Thursday and said it was slowing the pace of its quantitative tightening programme and skewing sales away from long-dated gilts to minimise ...

Britain has returned the first migrant to France under a ‘one in, one out’ agreement to remove people who arrive on small boats, the interior ministry said on Thursday. British ...

Britain will formally recognise a Palestinian state this weekend, after U.S. President Donald Trump, who opposes the decision, has left the country at the end of his state visit, ...

Villarreal midfielder Thomas Partey on Wednesday appeared in a London court and pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault involving three women. Partey, a Ghana international, is ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed the special relationship between his country and Britain as he paid a gushing tribute to King Charles during his historic second state visit, calling ...

The main suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann was released from a German prison on Wednesday after serving a seven-year sentence for an unrelated sex crime. German ...

British inflation in August held at 3.8 per cent, official data showed on Wednesday, the highest among major advanced economies and reinforcing expectations that the Bank of England will not cut ...

President Donald Trump formally begins his unprecedented second state visit to Britain on Wednesday, with the royal pomp a grand veneer to key diplomatic talks and as difficult questions about ...

British grocery inflation edged down to 4.9 per cent in the four weeks to September 7, according to data from Worldpanel by Numerator, offering only modest respite for shoppers still grappling with ...

Britain’s jobs market has lost a little more steam, official data showed on Tuesday, potentially easing worries at the Bank of England about persistent inflation pressures. The Office for ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer hopes the pomp of a royal welcome for U.S. President Donald Trump on a state visit to Britain this week will offer him protection from ...

Google said on Tuesday it would make 5 billion pounds ($6.80 billion) in new investments into Britain ahead of US President Donald Trump’s state visit to the country, which is expected ...

Asking prices for homes put up for sale in Britain this month showed an annual decline for the first time since January 2024 while average rents increased at the lowest annual ...

British Conservative MP Danny Kruger has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, he announced at a Reform press conference on Monday. “I have been variously a member, an ...

More than 100,000 protesters marched through central London on Saturday, carrying flags of England and Britain, in one of the biggest right-wing demonstrations of modern times in the UK, organised by ...

Contactless card payments in Britain could exceed a 100-pound ($135.35) limit under new proposals outlined by the markets regulator this week. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was proposing giving ...

Britain launched a new package of Russia-related sanctions on Friday, targeting ships carrying Russian oil, as well as companies and individuals supplying electronics, chemicals and explosives used to make Russian ...

Peter Mandelson, Britain’s urbane ambassador to the U.S., was sacked by Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday after a trove of emails revealed the depth of his ties ...