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Burnham on course to become next UK PM with backing of 322 Labour MPs

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UK political turmoil: Who is the mysterious ‘Hot Podium Guy’?

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s resignation only meant one thing for some – the mysterious “Hot Podium Guy” was back...

Europe News

Delays to UK Parliament renovation could add £420m to final bill

Plans to restore the Victorian neo-Gothic edifice, which is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring Westminster Abbey, stretch back more than a decade.

Europe News

Wes Streeting calls Brexit a 'catastrophic mistake'

Streeting has said he will stand in any leadership race to replace British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Europe News

UK health minister Wes Streeting resigns, setting up leadership bid

Streeting is the first Cabinet member to resign as Starmer faces pressure to step down after the Labour Party’s disastrous results last week in local and regional elections.

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Starmer says he will not step down as two ministers quit government

Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses in last week’s local elections across the UK but he would fight on.

Markets

How UK 30-year bonds reached the highest yield this century

Investors are demanding significantly higher returns to hold British debt as 30-year gilt yields reached levels not seen since 1998 this week. The surge represents a major challenge for the UK Treasury but why did it happen and what does it mean exactly?

Economy

Spring statement: Iran war casts shadow over UK economic recovery

Chancellor Rachel Reeves sought to strike an upbeat note on Tuesday on the state of the UK economy, even as oil and gas prices surged in the wake of the fast-evolving war with Iran.

Europe News

UK Greens trounce far right in key election as Labour face disaster

Two insurgent parties with a tiny number of MPs between them have shunted Britain's governing party into a humiliating defeat.

Earth News

‘A striking decline’: Have Brits stopped caring about net zero?

Reform UK voters are the only political group without a majority in favour of achieving net zero by 2050 or sooner, according to a new survey.

United Kingdom

Record number of people in UK live in 'very deep poverty', study shows

About 6.8 million people — almost half of all of those in poverty — are living in "very deep poverty" in the UK, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns.

United Kingdom

Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

Braverman is the latest high-profile Conservative to embrace Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's message that Britain is broken and overrun by migrants.

Europe News

UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027

The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a "piecemeal" approach to Europe.

United Kingdom

UK to probe foreign meddling in politics after Russia bribery scandal

An independent review has been ordered in response to the conviction of former Reform UK lawmaker Nathan Gill for accepting bribes from Russia.

Economy

UK budget: Record-high tax measures see positive market reaction

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced tax-raising measures, including new duties on high-value properties, dividends, and savings, in the state budget presented on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

MI5 warns UK lawmakers Chinese spies trying to reach them via LinkedIn

The UK's domestic intelligence agency says China's security services are targeting lawmakers to “collect information and lay the groundwork for long-term relationships."

United Kingdom

UK health secretary denies plot to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer

Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.