Britain

Britain said an Ethiopian asylum seeker who was wrongly released from prison following his conviction for sexual offences, crimes which sparked months-long anti-immigration protests, had arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday after officials deported him. Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, was sentenced...

The pound hit its weakest in nearly three months against the dollar and in more than two years versus the euro on Wednesday as rising expectations for a rate cut from the Bank of England by year-end pushed the currency...

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday declined to commit to a previous pledge not to raise taxes on working people ahead of a budget next month, saying upcoming forecasts would show the economy was in a worse state than...

A British parliamentary committee questioned on Wednesday whether Prince Andrew should still be living in a mansion on the Windsor Estate, west of London, in a rare political intervention sparked by the royal's ties to U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein....

The UK's benchmark index closed at a new high on Wednesday, marking its fifth straight record-breaking session, primarily driven by strong earnings forecasts from drugmaker GSK and retailer Next. The British blue-chip FTSE 100 closed 0.6% higher, taking its daily-winning...

The British government is preparing to meet the "inevitable" increase in the cost of some drugs following talks over pharmaceutical sector pricing and tariffs with the United States, Science Minister Patrick Vallance said. U.S. President Donald Trump has pressured Europe...

Britain said on Tuesday it made 63% more arrests for illegal working this year than last, driven by targeted operations in the food delivery, beauty salons and car washes industries aimed at deterring illegal migration. Britain's Labour government has seen...

Pay awards granted by British employers are likely to hold at their current 3% level over the next 12 months as caution dominates and the impact of high inflation fades, data firm Brightmine said on Wednesday. With the Bank of...

Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it now expects the Bank of England (BoE) to trim rates by 25 basis points in November, revising its September forecast of a pause through 2025 before easing begins in 2026, citing sticky inflation and...

Britain's Reform UK has surged in popularity on the back of fiery rhetoric against illegal immigrants, the European Union and the country's traditional ruling parties. But now some of its officials are juggling more mundane issues such as local taxes,...