Britain

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised on Wednesday to tackle Britain’s most pressing problems, from cutting inflation to ending illegal migration, in a speech aimed at reassuring his restive Conservative ...

British manufacturers are starting 2023 on the back foot, after they reported one of their sharpest falls in activity since the 2008-09 recession last month, reflecting a sharp fall in new ...

Millions of low-income households in Britain will receive cost-of-living support from the government of up to 900 pounds ($1,084) over the financial year, the country’s Department of Work and Pensions said ...

British rail workers kicked off the new year with a week-long strike on Tuesday, disrupting the return to work for millions of commuters in the latest bout of industrial action ...

Britain’s Prince Harry said his troubled relationship with the royal family “never needed to be this way” and he wants to get his father King Charles and his brother “...

Leinster Rugby have issued an apology after a pro-IRA song was played at their stadium following Saturday’s 41-12 win over Connacht. The apology came after the Wolfe Tones’ ‘Celtic ...

Britain said on Monday its 75-million-pound ($90.5 million) fund aimed at helping boost domestic production of nuclear fuel for power plants and cutting reliance on Russian uranium supplies was now open ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of regaining their place in the Premier League’s top four were scuppered as they suffered a demoralising 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa on Sunday. ...

British annual house price growth marked a further “sharp” slowdown in December, mortgage lender Nationwide said, ending the year on a downbeat note as the impact of surging mortgage costs ...

Britain recognised Queen guitarist Brian May, several English ‘Lionesses’ who won the European women’s football championship and diplomats involved in the response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in ...

Crypto miner Argo Blockchain (ARB.L) said on Wednesday it will sell its mining facility Helios for $65 million and refinance a new asset-backed loan as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy, ...

UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace dismissed trade union claims that the country’s borders are less secure with military personnel manning immigration desks rather than border force staff, who are ...

The year 2022 will be the warmest year on record for the United Kingdom, provisional figures reported by Britain’s national weather service on Wednesday showed, after a summer marked by ...

Britain urged Iran on Wednesday to stop detaining dual nationals following the arrestof seven people with links to the United Kingdom, saying the practice should not be used to obtain “...

UK retail destinations enjoyed an almost 40% rise in shopper numbers on Monday after the first Christmas in three years with without pandemic restrictions, data compiled by Springboard showed on Tuesday. ...

Iranian authorities rerouted a flight bound for Dubai on Monday and prevented the wife and daughter of former national soccer team captain Ali Daei, who has supported anti-government protests, from ...

Britain will stop publishing the Covid-19 R number that measures how quickly the disease is spreading among the population, saying on Monday it was not needed anymore thanks to vaccines ...

Britain’s King Charles invoked his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, in his first Christmas message to the nation as monarch and spoke of his faith in humanity at a time ...

Britain will increase defence spending by more than 1 billion pounds ($1.21 billion) to avoid a real-terms cut over the next two years, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. Finance minister Jeremy ...

Britain’s finance ministry said on Thursday it expects to conclude a ground-breaking deal with Switzerland on cooperation in financial services by late summer next year, helping the City of ...

British car production rose 5.7 per cent in November from a year earlier, although output levels were still one-fourth lower than pre-pandemic levels, as global chip shortages and supply chain issues ...

Britain’s health workers on Friday announced a fresh round of strikes in January, with their long-running dispute over pay and conditions with the government set to continue into 2023. The ...

The British government’s post-Brexit settlement scheme for EU citizens is unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Wednesday. The Independent Monitoring Authority, a body funded by the government to ...

British house prices look on track to drop by about 5 per cent next year, as home-buyers face higher interest rates, a squeeze on disposable income and a potential rise in ...