Britain

Britain's government should think carefully before significantly expanding issuance of short-dated Treasury bills due to the extra refinancing risk, the head of the country's debt agency told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday. Last month Britain's finance ministry launched a consultation...

The UK development finance agency and Canada's second-largest pension fund have suspended new investment with global ports operator DP World over alleged ties between its chief executive and the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, raising pressure on the Dubai-based firm....

British finance minister Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that she would push for closer integration with the EU to reduce the trade barriers put up by Brexit, adding that European countries should cooperate on defence spending too. Speaking during a...

The secretary-general of the Commonwealth, a 56-nation group headed by Britain's King Charles, said on Wednesday she expected member nations to make progress towards beginning negotiations on reparations for the transatlantic slave trade. The Commonwealth, which grew out of the...

Paul Dacre, the Daily Mail's long-serving former editor and one of Britain's most powerful press figures, told London's High Court on Tuesday he was upset and angry at allegations from Prince Harry and others about unlawful behaviour at the paper....

Buckingham Palace said on Monday it was ready to support any police investigation into King Charles' younger brother after emails suggested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor might have shared confidential British trade documents with Jeffrey Epstein. Mountbatten-Windsor, already cast out of the royal...

London police said on Tuesday it arrested a 13-year-old on suspicion of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed two other teenagers at a school, and that its counter terrorism unit was leading the investigation. The incident occurred at Kingsbury High...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged on Tuesday to never walk away from his job to change Britain, brushing off a challenge to his authority by the Labour leader in Scotland and other figures in the party who have called on...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer should resign, Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party said on Monday, becoming the most senior Labour politician to publicly oppose Starmer's leadership in the wake of the Mandelson-Epstein scandal. Starmer is under...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his staff on Monday that politics should be a force for good and emphasised the importance of moving forward, following the resignation of his chief of staff and director of communications. Starmer's top aide...