Rachel Reeves’ November 2025 budget has opened up a clear left-right divide in UK politics. It was billed as a ‘Labour budget’ which will increase taxes by £26bn, targeting owners of houses worth over ...

After a series of missteps and about-faces, British prime minister Keir Starmer’s popularity has tanked, and his leadership ...

The British government has welcomed the news that net migration in the U.K., the difference between people moving to the ...

UK government bonds fell sharply on Friday as Rachel Reeves ditched plans to raise income tax in this month’s Budget. Gilts sold off despite efforts by the Treasury to signal that the planned increase ...

Nigel Farage has been warned his controversial plans to introduce stricter rules for legal migrants will spark “tear families apart”. The Reform UK leader says he wants to abolish indefinite leave to ...

U.K. Prime Minister Kier Starmer said Prince Andrew should testify in Jeffrey Epstein investigation as U.S. House committee ...

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to support Ukraine’s “fight for freedom” in a bilateral meeting with US president Joe Biden in Washington. Speaking at the White House, the UK prime minister said the next ...

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the ...

The UK plans to lower the voting age to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to participate in the next general election, as part of a package of electoral reforms that also include clamping down on political ...

That's pretty much the way all of the Scandinavian systems went (Swedish/Norwegian BankID, and in Denmark, NemID was rebranded MittID). Generally called a personal number rather than a tax number or ...

Did a bit of reading about that, apparently it's to do with excluding a 'duty of candour' line that would obligate those giving evidence to tell the truth. But ok, if that's no good (why?) then what ...