Britain

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer sharply scaled back planned welfare cuts on Friday to quell a rebellion by lawmakers in his governing Labour Party, the latest U-turn to dent his ...

Almost one third of small and medium-sized British employers have made staff redundant or are thinking about job cuts as a direct result of the increase in their social security ...

Living standards in Britain look set to barely grow over the rest of the decade and poorer households are likely to suffer a drop, in part due to a welfare ...

Britain’s labour market is showing further slowdown signs, according to surveys published on Wednesday which pointed to below-inflation pay growth and a fall in job vacancies, especially for graduate-level ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Europe Stephen Doughty to discuss ongoing developments in the region, a ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to lead his party into the next general election and rejected suggestions he was failing to listen to the concerns of his party on ...

Britain’s King Charles will host U.S. President Donald Trump for a state visit later this year, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday. Trump accepted an invitation from Charles for ...

Seven people have been charged on Tuesday following a protest in London in support of Palestine Action, a campaign organisation the British government has proposed to ban under anti-terrorism laws. ...

British grocery price inflation rose to 4.7 per cent for the four weeks to June 15, its highest level since February last year, dealing another blow for low-income households, data from market ...

There are “about 14” British Typhoon fighter jets currently stationed at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri base in Cyprus, the country’s parliamentary under-secretary of state for the armed forces Luke ...

British business activity expanded modestly in June as new orders grew for the first time this year but employers cut jobs more quickly and worried about the conflict in the ...

Britain’s populist Reform UK party unveiled plans on Monday to offer wealthy, often foreign newcomers a “Britannia Card” to gain exemption from tax on international wealth, income or gains ...

Britain aims to cut the electricity bills of thousands of companies from 2027, the key reform in its industrial strategy for the next decade, which it published on Monday. The main ...

The British government was informed ahead of time of the United States’ strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, but did not receive any request for its bases in Cyprus or ...

Britain’s parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for the country’s biggest social change in a generation. Three-hundred-and-fourteen lawmakers ...

British lawmakers will vote on Friday on whether to proceed with a bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people, in what would be the biggest social reform in ...

The Bank of England held interest rates at 4.25 per cent as expected on Thursday but said it was focused on risks from a weaker labour market and higher energy prices ...

More British fighter jets and other aircraft “will follow in [the] coming days” to the region, the United Kingdom’s Defence Secretary John Healey said on Tuesday night. Addressing a ...

A member of Irish rap group Kneecap appeared in a London court on Wednesday charged with a terrorism offence for allegedly displaying a flag in support of Iran-backed Lebanese militia ...

British inflation cooled in May as expected by the Bank of England, which is set to keep interest rates on hold this week while it assesses international energy markets rocked ...

London’s Oxford Street, one of Britain’s busiest and most famous shopping districts, will be pedestrianised, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said on Tuesday, in a move designed to ...

Asking prices for homes put up for sale in Britain have fallen by the most in 14 years for the time of year, according to data released this week that adds ...

Britain and the United States should finalize “very soon” the implementation of a trade deal agreed last month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday ahead of a meeting with ...

British police will be ordered to record the ethnicity of gangs involved in organised child sexual abuse after a report on Monday detailed state failures to tackle the issue and ...