Britain

Boris Johnson arrived back in Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step ...

Four senior ministers on Friday threw their weight behind Boris Johnson to return as British prime minister, after Liz Truss’s resignation triggered a contest to quickly replace her as ...

To some Conservatives, Rishi Sunak is the minister who got Britain through the COVID pandemic, to others the traitor who knifed Boris Johnson or the rival to Liz Truss who ...

Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her “catastrophic ...

Liz Truss quit on Thursday after the shortest, most chaotic tenure of any British prime minister, forced out after her economic programme shattered the country’s reputation for financial stability ...

Child sex abuse is epidemic in Britain, affecting millions of victims, and those who work with young people should be prosecuted if they fail to report it, a seven-year public ...

Online sex worker Martha blames Britain’s cost-of-living crisis for her dwindling earnings – partly due to increased competition as soaring household bills push more women to sell sex. “People are ...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss battled to retain her grip on power on Thursday, a day after a second top minister quit and rowing and jostling broke out among her ...

Britain’s political drama keeps getting more and more interesting. The abrupt resignation of Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman, who criticised Liz Truss, reflects the continued erosion of the ...

UK stock indexes closed lower on Wednesday after data showed consumer prices returned to a 40-year high in September, while banking stocks were hit by reports of windfall taxes. The ...

Britain’s interior minister quit on Wednesday with a thinly-veiled criticism of Prime Minister Liz Truss, who is battling to reassert her authority as lawmakers from her own party openly ...

Manchester United soccer player Mason Greenwood has been released on bail on Wednesday following a private hearing after he was charged with attempted rape, controlling behaviour and assault. The 21-year-old ...

British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s insistence that she would not quit after sparking a financial crisis was met with howls of laughter, incredulity and shouts of “resign, resign” as ...

Commodity trader Glencore has delivered significant amounts of Russian-origin aluminium to London Metal Exchange registered warehouses in Gwangyang, South Korea, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on ...

Britain summoned China’s Charge d’Affaires on Tuesday to explain an incident in which a Hong Kong pro-democracy protester was seen being pulled into the grounds of the Chinese ...

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary on Tuesday described the economic situation in Britain as a “car crash” caused by the country’s vote to leave the European Union in 2016. “The ...

Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss apologised for “mistakes” in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was ...

Britain’s government bonds, currency and shares rallied on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed swathes of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic growth plan, the latest twist ...

London shares rose on Monday as new finance minister Jeremy Hunt reversed Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan announced three weeks ago that slammed UK markets and dented investor ...

New chancellor Jeremy Hunt scrapped Prime Minister Liz Truss’s economic plan and scaled back her vast energy subsidy on Monday, launching one of the biggest fiscal policy U-turns in ...

British police are investigating the apparent assault on a protester who was videoed being beaten by several men after being dragged inside the grounds of the Chinese consulate in Manchester ...

British lawmakers will try to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss this week despite Downing Street’s warning that it could trigger a general election, the Daily Mail reported. More than 100 ...

New finance minister Jeremy Hunt promised to win back Britain’s economic credibility by accounting for every penny of the government’s tax and spending plans, while insisting that his ...

Britain’s new finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday some taxes would go up and tough spending decisions were needed, signalling further reversals from Prime Minister Liz Truss as ...