UK retail sales fall in May as cost of living squeeze tightens
British retail sales volumes fell by a monthly 0.5 per cent in May and an increase in April was revised down sharply, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday in ...
UK Conservatives lose two by-elections, dealing blow to PM Johnson (Update)
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, prompting the resignation of the party’s chairman and renewing doubts about the future of Britain’s ...
Nigerian couple charged with plotting to get child to UK to harvest organs
A Nigerian senator and his wife were remanded in custody in London on Thursday charged with plotting to have a 15-year-old boy brought into the United Kingdom to harvest his ...
London’s Heathrow raises passenger traffic, cost forecasts
London’s Heathrow said on Thursday demand for travel has been stronger than expected, prompting Britain’s busiest airport to raise its passenger number forecast for the year, while costs ...
Full Brexit yet to play out on British finance, lawmakers say
Britain should avoid major, hasty reforms to make its financial sector more globally competitive following the industry’s separation from the European Union by Brexit, a parliamentary report said on ...
Some Brits turn to gambling, crypto to make ends meet, charity warns
Britain’s worsening cost-of-living squeeze is pushing some people into gambling and cryptocurrency investments in last-ditch attempts to make ends meet, a gambling charity warned on Thursday.
GamCare said it ...
Delighted music fans return to Glastonbury
Tens of thousands of music fans streamed into Worthy Farm on Wednesday for the return after three years of Glastonbury, the beloved music festival that will feature hundreds of artists ...
Britain must do more to help poor during cost of living crisis, says Asda chairman
The British government needs to do more to help those on lower incomes cope with the cost of living crisis and should cut VAT sales tax, the chairman of supermarket ...
We can’t allow unions to win over rail strikes, UK deputy prime minister says
Britain‘s deputy prime minister Dominic Raab said on Wednesday that the government couldn’t allow “militant unions” to win over rail strikes, warning that their demands could lead to ...
Brexit will cost UK workers 470 pounds a year, study predicts
Britain is becoming a more closed economy due to Brexit, with damaging long-term implications for productivity and wages which will leave the average worker 470 pounds ($577) a year poorer by the ...
UK inflation hits new 40-year high in May, highest in G7
Soaring food prices pushed British consumer price inflation to a new 40-year high last month of 9.1 per cent, the highest rate out of the Group of Seven countries and underlining ...
Bank of England’s Mann says weak pound makes case for big rate hike
The Bank of England should raise rates faster than it has so far because the sterling’s weakness is adding to Britain’s inflation pressures, interest-rate setter Catherine Mann said ...
Biggest rail strike in 30 years brings UK to standstill (Update)
Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the ...
Rail strikes set to paralyse UK travel network
Britain’s biggest rail strike in 30 years will begin on Tuesday when tens of thousands of staff walk out in a pay dispute that unions warn could lead to coordinated ...
Prince Edward and wife Sophie touch down in Cyprus
The Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and his wife Sophie arrived in Cyprus on Monday to start their visit to the island and the Sovereign Base Areas of ...
Britons face rail disruption as workers strike over cost-of-living pressures
Britain faces its biggest rail strike in 30 years this week when tens of thousands of staff walk out in a pay dispute that unions warn could lead to coordinated action ...
Easyjet cuts more flights to try to manage disruption
Low-cost airline easyJet EZJ.L said on Monday it was cutting more flights in the busy summer period to help manage problems including shortages of ground staff and flight caps ...
British minister condemns rail strikes as ‘huge mistake’
Travellers are braced for major disruptions this week in their commuting as the biggest rail strikes in almost 30 years is due to start on Monday night.
British transport secretary Grant ...
UK must have military capable of fighting in Europe, says army head
Britain must have a military capable of fighting in Europe and defeating Russia, the new head of the British army was quoted as telling troops by local media.
British Prime ...
Irish PM Martin warns Britain over its N.Ireland law (Updated)
Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said on Sunday a new British law to change part of a Brexit deal to try to ease trade with Northern Ireland was “unilateralism of ...
UK rail union says talks have failed to avert strike next week
Britons will face widespread disruption across the railway network next week after a trade union said on Saturday talks had failed to avert plans for more than 50,000 workers to strike ...
UK’s Patel calls decision to block Rwanda deportations ‘scandalous’ -The Telegraph
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel called the European Convention on Human Rights'(ECHR) decision to ground UK’s first deportation flight to Rwanda “scandalous,” The Telegraph reported.
“The opaque way ...
Britain will give Kyiv strategic endurance to prevail against Russia, Johnson says
Britain will give Ukraine the “strategic endurance” to prevail against Russia’s invasion, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said during a visit to Kyiv on Friday.
Britain will also work ...
UK set to step in to host next Eurovision due to war in Ukraine
The Eurovision Song Contest is likely to be held in Britain in 2023 as the organisers deem it too risky for this year’s winners Ukraine to host it due to ...