Britain

The Bank of England is expected to soon slow the pace at which it shrinks its 558 billion-pound ($754 billion) holdings of government bonds, and economists hope next week will shed some ...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday the number one priority in Gaza was getting people fed, because “you have a lot of starving people”, adding that he was not ...

British consumer sentiment had a marked fall for the first time in nearly three years last month, reflecting increased worries about job security, a Deloitte survey showed this week. Deloitte ...

U.S. President Donald Trump kept a low profile on his Scottish golf course on Saturday, ahead of meetings with top British and European leaders, as questions swirled at home ...

Asking prices for newly advertised British houses and apartments recorded their biggest July fall in more than 20 years this month, property site Rightmove said this week. Prices for property put ...

U.S. President Donald Trump, dogged by questions about his ties to disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, heads to Scotland on Friday for a trip that will mix ...

Britain and India are set to formally sign a free trade agreement on Thursday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UK visit, following three years of negotiations. The deal then ...

Pay settlements by British private-sector employers held at 3 per cent in the three months to June, representing a pay cut in inflation-adjusted terms for many workers, according to a survey ...

J D Wetherspoon (JDW.L) reported a rise in sales in recent weeks since May as people flocked to pubs for beers and sparkling wines amid hot weather in Britain. ...

British grocery price inflation rose to 5.2 per cent for the four weeks to July 13, its highest level since January last year, according to data from market researcher Worldpanel by Numerator, ...

Britain and ChatGPT maker OpenAI have signed a new strategic partnership to deepen collaboration on AI security research and explore investing in British AI infrastructure, such as data centres, the ...

Britain gave the final go-ahead for the 38 billion pound ($51 billion) Sizewell C nuclear plant in eastern England on Tuesday after it secured investment from British and international investors including Canadian ...

UK travellers could be paying as much as £189 for just four days of airport parking, according to new research by UK-based price comparison platform Confused.com. The data reveals that ...

Britain’s move to lower the voting age to 16 launches the political battle for teenagers’ votes, with campaign groups warning no one should make assumptions about their allegiances and parties ...

Britain’s stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK/US trade deal, lighter regulation and cheap stocks deliver juicy ...

Average house prices in the United Kingdom in May were 3.9 per cent higher than a year earlier, after a 3.6 per cent rise in the year to April, the Office for ...

The Bank of England has asked some lenders to test their resilience to potential US dollar shocks, three sources said, the latest sign of how the Trump administration’s policies ...

Britain’s financial regulator on Friday unveiled proposed measures aimed at safeguarding consumers who use buy now, pay later (BNPL) services. The draft rules include affordability assessments, improved access to ...

British pay growth slowed in May and employee numbers dropped further last month, but the cooling in the labour market which had alarmed some policymakers appeared less acute than previous ...

Eight children in the UK have been spared from devastating genetic diseases thanks to a new three-person in vitro fertilization technique, scientists from Newcastle University reported on Wednesday. The technique, ...

The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a major overhaul of the country’s democratic system. ...

Britain’s financial regulator fined Barclays 42 million pounds ($56 million) on Wednesday for failing to evaluate money laundering risks while providing services to its clients Stunt & Co and WealthTek. The ...

An officer with Britain’s National Crime Agency who stole cryptocurrency from the operator of an illegal dark web marketplace was jailed on Wednesday for 5-1/2 years. The NCA was ...

Britain’s annual rate of consumer price inflation unexpectedly rose to its highest in over a year at 3.6 per cent in June, official figures showed on Wednesday, slightly dampening expectations ...