Unionists challenge the Northern Ireland Protocol in the UK's highest court, saying Northern Ireland's position in the UK has fundamentally shifted post-Brexit. A barrister for the UK ...
Sir Keir Starmer squared off with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over tax breaks for private schools. Labour recently confirmed they will continue with Jeremy Corbyn's ...
In a partial win for free speech advocates, the UK government has dropped plans that would have forced social media companies to take down so-called ...
Democratic Unionist Party Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said the European Union is being inflexible over the Northern Ireland Protocol, which is undermining the integrity of ...
Speaking at a business conference, Rishi Sunak says a critical part to levelling up the UK economy is "innovation." Business chiefs criticised the Prime Minister's ...
The UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Nov. 16 agreed to his deputy Dominic Raab's request for an independent investigation into his conduct after two ...
A charity says the number of children who are experiencing speech and language challenges has gone up, with one London school reporting eighty percent of ...
Almost one in five children are developmentally behind in their talking and understanding of words, according to the charity Speech and Language UK. Lockdown restrictions ...
Downing Street said illegal immigrants deserve "compassion and respect” after a minister criticised the “cheek” of immigrants complaining about the conditions of holding centres. Meanwhile, councils have expressed ...
Oxbridge universities are admitting fewer private school students as part of a diversity drive to get more state schools and disadvantaged students to attend. However, ...
Home Secretary Suella Braverman faces criticism as the English Channel crossing crisis worsens. A processing facility in Kent is overcrowded with more than twice as many people as ...
MPs grilled Prime Minister Liz Truss in Parliament in the wake of major financial U-turns that have sapped confidence in her authority. It's not just opposing ...
Many British universities are removing the study of Western literature's classical works from their curricula in attempts to "decolonize the curriculum." To understand why this is ...
Pubs and other restaurants have taken a major hit over the last couple of years with the pandemic, the lockdowns, and now skyrocketing energy prices. ...
The Supreme Court heard evidence for the case on holding a second Scottish Independence referendum, without the agreement of Westminster. The power to hold the ...
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is bringing forward his medium-term fiscal plan in an attempt to soften the expected rise in interest rates. It will now be ...
The North Sea Transition Authority has begun its latest round of licensing for offshore oil and gas exploration. The business secretary said this will boost ...
The home secretary has proposed new laws to allow the UK government to ban illegal immigrants from claiming asylum. It comes as over 33,000 migrants ...
Women worldwide are cutting their hair and burning their hijabs in solidarity with protests in Iran. British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cut her hair in support.
The pound has plunged to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar after the chancellor's recently unveiled tax cuts shook confidence in the UK market. Experts ...
Thousands of companies might avoid collapse this winter now that the government has announced a support package to help businesses pay for their energy bills. Ministers say ...
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is traveling to the United States for an upcoming summit. But free-trade negotiations with America are being delayed due to ...
Hundreds of thousands of well-wishers flocked to London, lining the route of the procession through the capital, to say their final goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II. ...
Thousands of people continue to line up to see the queen lying in state, with the queue stretching several miles through London. The thread tying them ...
A senior Tory MP has urged the incoming government to stop buying any technologies linked to the repression of Uyghur Muslims in China and to look at ...
Friday was the last day for voting in the Conservative leadership election. Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sought to establish a long-term energy legacy in his ...
The twelfth and final Tory leadership hustings took place in London's Wembley Stadium just as voting is due to come to a close. Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak marked their ...
The hospitality sector has been devastated by rising energy bills in the UK. Unlike households, businesses don't have an energy price cap and are thus seeing ...
Rishi Sunak has said the SAGE advisory committee scientists were given too much influence over lockdown decisions, and that people were kept in the dark about ...
Households could be paid for turning off tumble dryers and washing machines to save energy during peak hours. The proposed scheme seeks to reduce the ...
Rail strikes impact the nation again, leaving half of Britain's lines closed and only 20 percent of services running. A union boss warns the dispute could carry on ...
British farmers are losing crops amid severe labour shortages, thus wasting tens of millions of pounds worth of food, and growers are preparing for even ...
Moderna is bringing out a new, two-strain COVID-19 booster that vaccinates against the original Wuhan strain of the virus and the Omicron variant. Rollout of ...
The Treasury said it is looking at all options so that the next prime minister can hit the ground running to help hard-pressed families. Boris Johnson ...
Energy bosses met with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ministers in crunch talks about how they can help customers cope with rising bills. The summit with the utility bosses ...
Liz Truss rejected what she called Gordon Brown economics as the Tory leadership candidates addressed the cost of living in their latest hustings. Truss disagreed ...
The education minister said the country must return to a position where exam qualifications maintain their value as he spoke about how grades are expected to ...
Rishi Sunak has announced what he calls a "radical tax vision," while Liz Truss promises to cut taxes in seven weeks, not seven years. Significant Tory ...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has put his support behind Liz Truss, endorsing her campaign to be the next prime minister and describing her as authentic, ...
Union leaders have reacted strongly against Sir Keir Starmer over his decision to sack a Labour shadow minister who came out to support Wednesday's strikes. Starmer says the minister ...
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have hashed out some of their key tax and spending policies. Truss is promising tax cuts, but will increase borrowing. Sunak says he ...
China comes into focus in the run-up to the Tory leadership debates. Rishi Sunak stands accused of being too soft, but brought out a strong stance, saying ...
Twenty-three years ago, the Chinese Communist Party launched a persecution against practitioners of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice of slow-moving exercises guided by moral philosophy. In China, those ...
Tensions are mounting between conservative leadership candidates, with claims of "black ops" slander campaigns directed against contenders. Supporters of the recently eliminated Braverman appear to be ...
More than eight million households will start to receive payments directly to their bank accounts to ease cost-of-living pressures. It’s the first of two lump sums ...
Boris Johnson's resignation has created a stir across the nation. Johnson said himself that many will feel relief to hear he's going, but there are also ...
Labour today tabled a no-confidence vote on Boris Johnson’s Government, challenging Conservative MPs to oust the Prime Minister now as they hold a leadership contest to ...
Now that Boris Johnson has resigned as Tory leader, Conservative members of parliament are eyeing up the role of Prime Minister. Around a dozen potential candidates—backbenchers ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned as Conservative Party leader in the face of a mass exodus of government ministers. In a statement outside Number ...
The Prime Minister defied calls to resign despite mounting resignations and signs that support on the Tory backbenches is waning Over 30 ministers and parliamentary aides ...
Fuel protesters have brought gridlock to motorways and A-roads across the UK with a series of rolling go-slow roadblocks. Dozens of campaigners drove at 30 miles per ...
Britain will provide an additional $1 billion pounds in military aid for Ukraine, a near-doubling of its support for the war effort against Russia. Alongside this, the ...
The Prime Minister committed extra UK forces to NATO’s effort to protect its eastern flank, saying Putin is getting “more Nato”, not less, as a result ...
Scotland’s First Minister said there should be a second independence referendum, and proposed a date in October 2023 as the day of the vote. But her ...
Barristers in England and Wales have begun strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions. They've accused the government of not listening to their ...
Train strikes continue as rail company bosses and union leaders face off over demands to increase workers' pay to keep up with inflation. More industrial action could be ...
The prime minister and the opposition Labour leader struck out at each other and fought a blame game over the rail strikes. Meanwhile, talks between rail bosses ...
The largest rail strike for a generation has caused severe disruptions, with more cancellations expected this week. Just a fifth of trains ran, and half of all ...
Services on railways and the London Underground will be crippled from Tuesday due to strikes over pay, jobs, and conditions. It's the biggest walkout in the industry for over ...
The UK's home secretary insists the government will press ahead with its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, despite an 11th-hour legal ruling by a European ...
The European Union has threatened proportionate reactions to the UK's new parliamentary bill that drops parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, but Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says ...
Suicide is a leading cause of death for men. Some fall through the cracks of the health service and unfortunately never receive the support they need in time. NTD ...
Legislation to amend the Northern Ireland Protocol was introduced to Parliament amid controversy over whether the bill will break international law. The legislation would reduce the checks on ...
Boris Johnson faced a vote of confidence Monday evening to determine whether he should be allowed to remain as prime minister. Rumours of a vote had ...
The Northern Ireland assembly again failed to elect a new speaker Monday after Sinn Fein brought forward a recall petition. The Democratic Unionist Party is still refusing to ...
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he takes "full responsibility" after senior civil servant Sue Gray published her long-awaited report, which investigated details of parties held at Downing Street during lockdown. ...
London's much-awaited Elizabeth line has finally been launched. The Mayor of London, as well as tens of thousands of transport enthusiasts and curious members of ...
A landmark review of children’s social care in England calls for a break to the cycle of escalating need and crisis intervention. The independent review is calling for a "radical ...
The Chancellor has called upon businesses to invest, train, and innovate more in order to secure a prosperous future, while promising to cut taxes. But he also ...
Consumer Prices inflation rose to 9 percent as soaring energy bills put millions of households under pressure—mostly due to high oil and gas prices on the international markets, ...
The foreign secretary has set out plans for a new bill to overwrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol, with the legislation expected within the coming weeks. The Bill ...
The Democratic Unionist Party (D.U.P) blocked the election of a speaker, preventing the formation of the executive for the new Northern Ireland Assembly. Their actions are a protest ...
A Cabinet minister says the U.K. must take a “whole of society” approach to cybersecurity amid the invasion of Ukraine, saying Russia poses a significant cyber threat to the U.K.
Tensions are heating up as concerns over the Northern Ireland Protocol are stalling the creation of a new executive in Stormont. The British foreign secretary the U.K.'s main priority is to protect ...
The home secretary said the plan to send illegal immigrants, such as those crossing the English Channel, to Rwanda will "take time" to implement. People ...
Residents in the entire county of Somerset are unable to register as new NHS dentist patients for routine care. The situation has become so bad the ...
The prime ministers of the U.K. and Japan have agreed on a defense deal that will allow their military forces to work more closely together. Bolstering the ...
A BBC investigation says that potentially abusive men are exploiting the Homes for Ukraine refugee scheme to connect with vulnerable women fleeing Russia's invasion. As many as ...
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is at odds with Rishi Sunak over a windfall tax on oil and gas, calling it "arbitrary and unexpected." But the Chancellor has already threatened to ...
Government borrowing over the last year has more than halved compared to the previous year. It's largely due to the end of pandemic schemes such as ...
The U.K. government has abandoned its plan to turn migrant boats back to the French side of the English Channel ahead of a judicial review of the policy. Campaigners challenging ...
