British ex-Treasury chief Alistair Darling has died at age 70
November 30, 2023
A member of Britain’s House of Lords has acknowledged that she repeatedly lied about her links to a company that was awarded lucrative contracts to supply protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic
December 17, 2023
The first asylum seekers to be deported from Britain to Rwanda will come from a group of 5,700 people that Kigali has agreed in principle to take, according to a British government
May 14, 2024
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday the government would look to tighten rules for long-term sick leave in a bid to reverse a rise in the number of
May 04, 2024
Britain's latest climate action plan is unlawful because ministers were not told of the risk that key policies could not be delivered, London's High Court ruled on
July 02, 2024
Another lawmaker from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday, the second to do so in less than two
May 22, 2024
British foreign minister David Cameron urged fellow NATO members on Thursday to meet pledges to spend 2% of GDP on defence, saying a tougher foreign policy is needed in a world more
July 02, 2024
Belfast's High Court ruled on Monday that parts of the United Kingdom's flagship immigration policy should not apply in Northern Ireland as they undermine human rights protections
July 02, 2024
Britain's once towering inflation rate looks set to fall close to the Bank of England's 2% target on Wednesday, but it may be other figures in the data that influence the BoE's
June 05, 2024
Britain’s lawmakers left Parliament on Friday for the last time before an election is held in six weeks
May 24, 2024
The U.K.’s first Black female member of Parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the upcoming general election, leader Keir Starmer says, following a fractious few days over her political future
May 31, 2024
Britain's next government will find it near-impossible to stop tax levels approaching an all-time high, despite an election campaign in which both major parties
June 28, 2024
Private banks and advisers to Britain's super-rich say some clients may quit the country if Labour wins next month's general election and pushes ahead with plans to
June 28, 2024
Police in northern England say four men have been arrested on suspicion of trespassing on the grounds of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home
June 25, 2024
The Bank of England is likely to cut interest rates soon, "probably in August", as long as inflation and wage data align with the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC
June 27, 2024
In 1964, the Conservative Party had been in power for 13 years and was on its fourth prime minister, Alec Douglas-Home
June 29, 2024
A bond market crisis that rocked Britain's economy two years ago cast a long shadow over the country's election and will linger as Keir Starmer's Labour government
July 03, 2024
Labour's landslide election win shows few signs of unsettling London's financial heartland after the party's lengthy pro-business overtures, though
July 04, 2024
Bank of England policymaker Jonathan Haskel said on Monday that he does not want to cut interest rates from their current 16-year high as
July 08, 2024
UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer joins The Lead
July 12, 2024
Britain's approval of its first new deep coal mine in decades was unlawful because ministers failed to consider the "adverse international signal" sent by the controversial decision
July 16, 2024
Britain's King Charles set out Prime Minister Keir Starmer's legislative agenda on Wednesday, promising a government of
July 16, 2024
King Charles III unveils Keir Starmer’s plans for Britain, in state opening of new parliament
July 17, 2024
Britain's new Labour government will end the use of the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge to house migrants off the south coast of England as part of its overhaul of the asylum
July 23, 2024
Indian state minister to meet Samsung officials in bid to resolve strike
European shares jump 1% on tech boost; ECB meet in focus
Zimbabwe blueberry farmers chase booming demand but face funding woes
London's FTSE 100 recovers as US rate cut certainty helps sentiment
Pac-12 targeting Boise St., Fresno St., San Diego St., Colorado St. for rebuild, AP sources say
Murdoch succession battle to play out in Nevada courtroom
Reggie Bush was at his LA-area home when 3 male suspects attempted to break in