Britain

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 ...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived for talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street on Wednesday in what is likely to be a tense meeting, with both leaders ...

Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, has said he deeply regrets ever meeting convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and that he had carried on that association “for ...

British shoppers spent more in August, helped by summer weather and stronger demand for food, furniture and back-to-school computers – though some of the increase reflected higher food prices too, the ...

Commuters in London turned to bikes, buses and boats on Tuesday as a staff strike shut down the capital’s underground Tube network for a second day. With almost no ...

London’s Tube network came to a standstill on Monday as its workers began a week of strikes over pay and working conditions, disrupting travel for commuters and tourists in ...

By Michael Holden Prince Harry returns to Britain this week amid speculation that he might visit his father, King Charles, for the first time in about 20 months in tentative steps ...

British house prices rose 0.3 per cent in August, a third consecutive monthly increase that leaves them 2.2 per cent higher than a year earlier, figures published by mortgage lender Halifax showed ...

British retail sales rose more than expected in July, boosted by good weather and the women’s European soccer championship, but annual growth was slower than expected after extensive revisions ...

British police arrested dozens more people on Saturday under anti-terrorism laws for demonstrating in support of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian group banned by the government as a terrorist organisation. Britain ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer brought in a new deputy and foreign and interior ministers on Friday in a sweeping reshuffle intended to restore his authority after the resignation ...

British Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner resigned on Friday after she admitted underpaying property tax on a new home, in a fresh blow for her boss, Prime Minister Keir Starmer. ...

Britain’s Duchess of Kent, the wife of the cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth and best known for her long association with the Wimbledon tennis tournament, has died aged 92, ...

British house prices unexpectedly fell in August as buyers struggled to afford high valuations, mortgage lender Nationwide Building Society said on Monday. Property prices slipped by 0.1 per cent last month ...

Despite joining the European Union in 2004, Cypriots still have few opportunities to actively participate in parliamentary processes compared with other European citizens. While the House of Representatives publishes agendas, draft ...

The British government on Friday overturned a court ruling requiring asylum seekers to be temporarily evicted from a hotel where one resident was charged with sexual assault, a decision that ...

The personal details of almost 200 survivors of abuse in the Church of England had been leaked in a data breach from a scheme that was set up to offer them ...

Millions of British households already grappling with strained budgets will see higher energy bills from October after regulator Ofgem increased its price cap by 2%, even as the government has been ...

By Catarina Demony and Vitalii Yalahuzian The red and white St George’s Cross and the Union Jack flags have proliferated along streets across England in recent weeks in what ...

he leader of Britain’s anti-migration Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, announced a plan on Tuesday to repeal human rights laws to allow for mass deportations of asylum seekers, action ...

Revellers, dancers and musicians filled the streets of west London on Monday for the annual Notting Hill carnival, one of the world’s largest street parties that, despite its cultural ...

A record 28,076 migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats this year, a 46% rise on the same period in 2024, government data showed on Monday, piling pressure on Prime ...