Britain

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham pledged on Wednesday to take difficult decisions to overhaul England's adult social care system, saying he wanted to work with other parties to end unfair high costs for users that he likened to U.S. healthcare....

The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates steady on Thursday as it weighs the impact of the on-again, off-again Iran war that has closed the Strait of Hormuz for the past five months and intensified inflation pressures....

A fresh food shock in Britain is only a matter of time after years of disruptions that have driven up prices, more than 100 organisations said in a letter urging new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make food a national...

A British lawmaker suing Elon Musk's xAI over fake sexualised images of her created by the Grok AI platform said on Tuesday she was seeking a court order to prevent the chatbot being able to generate non-consensual sexualised images of...

The British public's expectations for future inflation continued to fall in July, according to a survey from U.S. bank Citi and pollsters YouGov that could help to reduce worries at the Bank of England about price pressures in the economy....

Britain's new Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Tuesday outlined plans to align technical education and training for young people with local employment needs, seeking to tackle rising youth unemployment by preparing people for an AI-driven future. Britain has faced a...

Britain's governing Labour Party has caught up with, or overtaken, Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK in the polls, according to three different surveys which showed a bounce for new leader Andy Burnham a week after he became prime minister. Farage's...

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will on Wednesday set out more details of his approach to overhauling the social care system, including his plans to work with other parties, in his first major policy speech since entering Downing Street. Burnham...

Sterling edged higher against the dollar on Monday as a sharp drop in oil prices eased worries about energy-driven inflation and tempered expectations for further Bank of England tightening ahead of this week's policy meeting. The pound rose 0.07% to...

London's FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday as a pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities over the weekend sent oil prices lower and boosted risk sentiment globally, while a decline in energy stocks capped gains. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index rose 0.4%...