Britain

British grocery inflation hit 5.9 per cent in April, its highest level since December 2011, forcing shoppers to seek out value, increasingly at discounters Aldi and Lidl, industry data showed on Tuesday. ...

The cost of living crisis in Britain will have a severe impact on economic growth this year but the Bank of England will still lift interest rates again next week, ...

London’s Heathrow Airport raised its 2022 forecast for passengers to 52.8 million on Tuesday, representing 65 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, driven by demand for leisure travel, but it expected numbers to ...

Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050. ...

An independent report into lockdown gatherings held at Boris Johnson’s Downing Street office and residence is “excoriating” for the British prime minister and will make things “incredibly difficult” for ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has spoken with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about a “new phase” of military aid, including the provision of heavy weapons, the president’s deputy chief ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday he was sure he would still be prime minister in October, following questions over his future after being fined by police for ...

British consumers are feeling the strain of a tightening cost-of-living squeeze with retail sales sliding fast and consumer confidence approaching all-time lows, according to data that sent a fresh warning ...

Portuguese prosecutors said a man had been formally identified as a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann 15 years ago. It is the first time Portuguese prosecutors have ...

U.S. health officials have sent out a nationwide alert warning doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms of pediatric hepatitis, possibly linked with a cold virus, as part ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a blow to his authority on Thursday when lawmakers triggered an investigation into whether he had misled parliament and an influential former ally called ...

Britain on Thursday added 26 new designations to its list of sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian war, including on military figures and defence companies. Britain said its latest round of ...

The 96th birthday of Queen Elizabeth will be marked on Thursday with gun salutes, the release of a Barbie doll and a new photograph showing Britain’s longest serving monarch ...

A Russian tanker impounded by Greek authorities off the island of Evia this week will be released, a government source told Reuters on Thursday. Greek authorities had said on Tuesday ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said any peace talks over Ukraine are likely to fail, as he compared holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiating with a crocodile. ...

Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Wednesday published details of its attempt to instigate a parliamentary investigation into whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled parliament in his initial response to ...

Britain’s competition regulator will directly enforce consumer law and can fine firms up to 10 per cent of their global annual turnover for mistreating customers, the UK government said, as ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologised to parliament on Tuesday after he was fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, saying he did not know a birthday gathering at the ...

A Rolls-Royce (RR.L) design for a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) will likely receive UK regulatory approval by mid-2024 and be able to produce grid power by 2029, Paul Stein, ...

British police closed a road in central London near Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official residence on Monday and said they had arrested a man armed with a knife who ...

British employers are offering annual pay settlements worth an average increase of 2.8 per cent to staff, well below the rate of inflation, a survey showed on Monday. The Chartered Management ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has thrust Britain into a constitutional crisis by breaking the law he set for pandemic restrictions, effectively “shredding the ministerial code”, the country’s leading constitutional ...

Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it had barred entry to the country for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and 10 other ...

Britain’s accounting watchdog will reclaim powers to ban auditors under proposals announced on Thursday. The powers were previously delegated by the government to professional accounting bodies such as the ...