Britain

British Cypriot MP Nesil Caliskan has been appointed to a government post for the first time, being named by the country’s Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as the parliamentary ...

Reform UK said it was talking to Britain’s parliamentary watchdog after a report its leader Nigel Farage was being investigated over a breach of the rules for accepting a 5 ...

Keir Starmerwas facing his biggest challenge yet on Wednesday when his health minister was reportedly readying his resignation to try to trigger a contest to replace a British prime minister ...

British police said on Wednesday they had recovered the bodies of three women from the sea in Brighton and were working to establish how the “tragic incident” had happened. Local ...

British energy minister Ed Miliband has told cabinet ministers he would be prepared to run for the Labour Party leadership if health minister Wes Streeting moved to trigger an imminent ...

rime Minister Keir Starmer defied calls to resign on Tuesday, telling ministers he would get on with governing despite a “destabilising” 48 hours of growing calls to set out a timetable ...

Keir Starmer was consulting colleagues about whether he can stay on as prime minister on Tuesday ahead of a crunch cabinet meeting that comes after ministerial aides quit and almost 80 ...

Keir Starmer came under renewed pressure on Monday when four ministerial aides stepped down and more than 70 Labour lawmakers publicly called for the British prime minister’s resignation after his ...

Britain’s jobs market lost momentum in April after recruiters turned more cautious about hiring as the ​Iran war heightened cost pressures, an industry survey ‌showed on Monday. The monthly ...

A UK body representing small businesses has warned that small firms were being pushed out of European Union ​markets due to red tape, rising costs, and complex ‌rules, highlighting the ...

British new car registrations are expected to rise to nearly ​2.1 million units in 2026, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and ‌Traders said this week, with the share of zero-emission vehicles lower ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer named former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as his special envoy on global finance on Saturday, turning to a man credited with shoring up banks during ...

A gauge of British manufacturers’ cost pressures jumped in April and delivery delays were the most widespread since mid-2022 due to the ​standoff in the Strait of Hormuz, according to ...

Britain’s David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world’s most authoritative voice on the natural world and whose documentaries have been watched by hundreds of millions, will ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed on Friday to stay in office to “deliver change” after his Labour Party suffered heavy losses in local elections that deepened doubts over his ...

Millions of British voters cast their ballots on Thursday in local and regional elections that are expected to deal a huge blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party ...

PayPal, Mastercard and Visa being investigated for alleged anti-competitive conduct linked to the funding and usage of PayPal’s digital wallet, in a rare move by the Financial Conduct Authority. ...

British house prices unexpectedly rose for a fourth month in a row ​in April, despite headwinds to consumer confidence from ‌conflict in the Middle East, according to mortgage lender Nationwide ...

James Buchan, a former fisherman in the Scottish port of Peterhead, has swallowed his hostility towards Nigel Farage. The 38-year-old’s longstanding distrust of the populist Reform UK leader and ...

Britain on Tuesday unveiled sanctions against 35 people and entities it said were involved in recruiting vulnerable migrants to fight for Russia against Ukraine and produce drones for use in the ...

British lenders approved the most mortgages in four months in March while consumer lending grew at the fastest ​annual rate in over two years, according to Bank of England ‌data ...

By Lori Ewing Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has been taken to hospital after feeling unwell ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match between United and Liverpool, media reported. ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government could ban pro-Palestinian marches in some circumstances because of the “cumulative effect” the demonstrations had on the Jewish community after two Jewish ...

British retailers reported the broadest year-on-year decline in sales in more than ​40 years as the Iran war raised households’ inflation fears, a ‌survey from the Confederation of British Industry showed ...