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Boris Johnson defiant in Saudi Arabia

The UK's foreign secretary has reiterated his country's close ties with Riyadh, days after making comments widely interpreted as critical of the conservative Gulf state.

United Kingdom

UK voters reject ''hard Brexit'' in shock Lib Dem by-election victory

UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government suffered a shock election result Friday losing a London constituency in what is being described as a protest against the UK leaving the European

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Italy's high-stakes referendum, Tunisia's president presses EU

This is the Brief from Brussels, a round-up of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

United Kingdom

Farage warns of more political upset if Brexit isn't achieved

Nigel Farage taunts British Prime Minister Theresa May with a mock ambassador's reception party at London's Ritz hotel.

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Business Line

Post-truth era

Economic stagnation and the emergence of populist politics.

Economy

Britain's Brexit bonanza: slower growth, inflation and more borrowing

Growth in the UK looks set to drop in 2017

United Kingdom

Nazi sympathiser Thomas Mair guilty of murdering British MP Jo Cox

Thomas Mair, a white supremacist, has been found guilty of killing British MP and mother of two Jo Cox.

USA

US-UK relations : May playing second fiddle to Farage?

UK PM to visit US in a bid to develop ties with the Trump administration after the President-elect suggested making Farage an Ambassador

USA

Trump endorses Farage for UK ambassador to US, saying he would do ''a great job''

In what is being seen as an unprecedented move, Donald Trump has suggested Nigel Farage should become Britain’s next ambassador to the US.

Economy

May pledges to make Britain corporate tax haven

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May has moved to ease business concerns over Brexit talks.

United Kingdom

British government has no Brexit plan, leaked memo claims

Britain has no overall Brexit plan and a blueprint for leaving the EU might not be agreed for six months, a leaked memo suggests.

United Kingdom

Is this the end for Brexit?

The UK is entering a period of political uncertainty prompted by plans for negotiating a Brexit, or British exit from the European Union.

United Kingdom

Brexit battle: What next in the messy divorce proceedings?

UK prime minister Theresa May has told EU leaders that she is confident a court ruling – which threatens to delay Britain’s exit from the bloc – will be…

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: British judges irk Brexiteers with Article 50 ruling

This is the Brief from Brussels, a daily roundup of all the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

United Kingdom

The day the Brexit hit the fan

A court ruling in London has thrown Theresa May's plans for Brexit into disarray - by saying parliament must approve the move to trigger Article 50.

United Kingdom

Parliament must vote on Brexit, England's High Court rules

The judgement is a major setback for the government.

United Kingdom

Britain's High Court rules Brexit requires parliament's approval

Britain’s High Court has ruled that government may not trigger Brexit process without parliament’s approval.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Brexit triggers and jitters

Should the British government or the parliament be responsible for triggering Brexit?

Belgium

French police to probe alleged UKIP scuffle

French police will now investigate an alleged scuffle between two members of the UK Independence Party in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg.

United Kingdom

Food and insults fly across the Brexit table

Attitudes are hardening ahead of eventual negotiations to take the UK out of the EU, while the pre-talks void is being filled with mud-slinging - and satire.