Britain

Andy Burnhambecame Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, pledging to break with the politics of the past to deliver a new economic model to benefit a ...

British Cypriot MP Nesil Caliskan expressed gratitude for outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who is set to resign on Monday and be replaced by former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham. ...

The Rolling Stones have landed their 15th number one on the UK Official Albums Chart with their new record “Foreign Tongues”, drawing them level with The Beatles’ tally. The band’...

Andy Burnham, nicknamed the ‘King of the North’, was elected leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a ...

Britain’s economy eked out minimal growth in May as the services industry expanded but other sectors shrank, suggesting fragile confidence among ‌businesses against the backdrop of the Iran war ...

UK banks’ inability to access Anthropic’s ​powerful AI model Mythos emphasises the urgent need for Britain to build its own AI capabilities and adopt a more strategic ‌approach to ...

By Tom Cleaver British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper on Wednesday said that the United Kingdom takes Cyprus’ security “seriously”, as she welcomed her Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos to Whitehall. She ...

Britain must maintain its budget discipline, tackle high pension spending and ‌address soaring energy prices to speed up its economy, the OECD said on Wednesday, underscoring the challenges for Andy ...

Britain’s populist Reform UK called on Wednesday for all lawmakers to be given “full security” if they want it after the murder of Ann Widdecombe, a prominent member of ...

Britain’s new prime minister must slash energy levies paid by businesses to speed up economic ​growth, a leading employers group and an energy ‌trade body said on Tuesday. With ...

Former Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe was killed in a “brutal” and “targeted attack”, the head of counter terror policing said on Tuesday, as officers continued a parallel investigation into whether ...

The BBC warned its current funding model was not sustainable to fund its public broadcasting mission in its annual report on Tuesday, highlighting the gap between the number of users ...

A heatwave and the men’s World Cup drove up consumer spending in Britain ​in June, according to data published on Tuesday. Barclays ‌and the British Retail Consortium said the ...

British counter-terrorism police officers are now leading the investigation into the suspected murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe, interior minister Shabana Mahmood said on Monday. Widdecombe, 78, was found ...

A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of the murder of former British government minister Ann Widdecombe has been released and is no longer part of the investigation, police said on ...

The Bank of England said this week that artificial intelligence poses a growing threat to financial stability, as investors bet heavily it will prove ​a success while the technology increases ...

British police said on Saturday that a 26-year-old man had been released and is not part of the investigation after he was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Ann ...

Britain’s construction sector contracted sharply again in June, though the downturn eased ​slightly from May’s six-year low as commercial ‌building weakened less, a business survey showed this week. ...

The Bayeux Tapestry has arrived in Britain for the first time in nearly 1,000 years ahead of a sell-out exhibition at the British Museum, travelling under police escort during a meticulously ...

Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday over the placing of a replica of a mosque at the top of a bonfire due to be lit in a pro-British ...

Britain’s likely next prime minister, Andy Burnham, has vowed to strengthen the nation’s armed forces and defence industry, arguing that a more dangerous world requires a renewed focus ...

Kourion mayor Pantelis Georgiou on Thursday accused the British bases’ administration of “lying” to his municipality over the placement of communications antennae in the Akrotiri base area. “We now have ...

Britain’s jobs market downturn eased slightly last month, according to a survey of recruitment companies on Wednesday that ​showed an upturn in temporary hiring and starting ‌salaries. The monthly ...

A gamble by Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s populist Reform UK, to trigger an election for his own parliamentary seat could mean the only opponent he will face during ...