PMI survey points to -0.4% GDP in Q3 - S&P Global Factory output falls - CBI But retail sales rise, according to official data Consumer confidence highest since Jan 2022…
By William Schomberg, Andy Bruce and Suban Abdulla LONDON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The Bank of England halted its long run of interest rate increases on Thursday as the British…
By Kate Holton and William James Sunak delays petrol car ban by 5 years Eases targets on heating, insulation Says UK is committed to overall 2050 net zero target Businesses…
LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - London Underground rail staff will go on strike on Oct. 4 and 6 in a long-running dispute over job security and safety concerns, the RMT…
By James Davey LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A coalition of British retail industry groups and shopworkers union USDAW has written to police leaders in England and Wales calling on…
Sunak to set out climate plan this week Targets on cars, heat pumps could change Car industry angry with the move By Kate Holton and Sarah Young LONDON, Sept 20…
LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The pound fell to its lowest since late May on Wednesday after data showed UK inflation slowed more than expected in August, softening the case…
After flames engulfed France's Notre-Dame cathedral in 2019, Britain's future King Charles III sat down to write to President Emmanuel Macron, describing his heartbreak and offering his help and advice…
Payments made with cash rose for the first time in a decade last year as consumers struggled with rising prices. But the number is still dwarfed by debit card use…
Britain has launched a search for private investment in the Sizewell C nuclear project, inviting potential investors to register their interest. The building of the plant by French energy giant…
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator proposed principles to govern new artificial intelligence (AI) models on Monday, including accountability, access and transparency, as it seeks to foster competitive…
Former prime minister Liz Truss on Monday delivered a speech at the Institute for Government. Herfirst major speech on the economy since leaving office. It is a year on since…
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BBC said it was "urgently looking into the issues" raised by allegations of sexual assault made against the broadcaster's former employee, British comedian and actor Russell…
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - British opposition leader Keir Starmer has promised to improve the country's trading relationship with the European Union in 2025 if his Labour Party wins the…
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A man has been charged with trespassing after being arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning climbing into the Royal Mews adjacent to Buckingham…
Mobile phone retailers are preparing for a spike in organised robberies when Apple's new iPhone 15 goes on sale next week. Thefts involving a group of people targeting a shop…
By Andrew Macaskill and Kylie Maclellan LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Chinese spies are targeting British officials in sensitive positions in politics, defence and business as part of an increasingly…
LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday American XL bully dogs would be banned by the end of the year, saying the animals were…
Sept 15 (Reuters) - Everton have been sold to 777 Partners, the struggling Premier League club said on Friday, with the U.S. private equity firm taking over from Farhad Moshiri…
Years after being ousted from office, former British PM Theresa May took a fresh potshot at her longstanding Tory nemesis and successor Boris Johnson, saying Johnson struck a “bad deal”…
LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - British opposition leader Keir Starmer said on Thursday a Labour government would set up a new police unit to tackle illegal migration and suggested he…
John Lewis boss says shoplifting an 'epidemic' Store theft has dented Primark's profit margin Police, courts need to do more - AB Foods CEO LONDON, (Reuters) - Britain is seeing…
A researcher in Britain's parliament denied he was a Chinese spy on Monday, saying he was 'completely innocent' of media allegations of working for Beijing and had only ever tried…
By Tim Hepher PARIS, (Reuters) - The European Space Agency welcomed a deal for Britain to resume full membership of Europe's Copernicus programme, easing doubts over the next batch of…
Sept 10 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he had raised his concern over any Chinese interference in Britain's parliamentary democracy during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at a G20 summit in India, after the…
British Metropolitan police have announced that fugitive Daniel Khalife has been arrested The police search was centred on Chiswick in west London. Detectives have offered £20,000 as a reward in…
By Nora Buli Zero offshore capacity awarded in latest auction Awards for all renewables 3.7 GW versus 11 GW in 2022 auction Price cap for offshore wind bids lowered from…
With temperatures looking set to top 30C today, the NHS has reported a surge in Brits seeking advice on heat exhaustion. On Thursday, the Met Office recorded the hottest day…
By David Milliken LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - British employers concerned about the economic outlook reduced the number of workers they hired via recruitment agencies last month at the fastest…
Sept 8 (Reuters) - UK Health Security Agency (UKSHA) said on Friday that 34 COVID-19 cases linked to the highly mutated variant BA.2.86 had been identified in England. The Omicron…
By Michael Holden LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - King Charles on Friday thanked the public for their "love and support" on the first anniversary of the death of his mother…
LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain has no plans to change its approach to reducing net migration in order to help secure a free trade deal with India, the spokesperson…
By Huw Jones LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The City of London called in a report on Thursday for a new council which would allow Britain's financial sector to drive…
LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain on Thursday said it would join the European Union's flagship Horizon science research programme and its Copernicus earth observation programme, but not the Euratom…
A suspected terrorist who escaped from prison by clinging to the underside of a delivery truck is feared to be attempting to flee the UK on Wednesday night. A huge…
LONDON, (Reuters) - Staff at 140 universities across Britain will take five days of strike action later this month in a long-running dispute over pay and working conditions, the University…
LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain announced on Thursday it would rejoin the European Union's flagship Horizon science research programme in a "bespoke" new agreement after a post-Brexit dispute, but…
While large parts of the Mediterranean are being battered by Storm Daniel that caused victims in several countries, Northern Europe, especially Britian are registering very hot temperatures. At least seven…
By Huw Jones LONDON, (Reuters) - Britain's financial watchdog said it has launched a formal review into how banks conduct mandatory extra checks on "politically exposed" customers and their families…
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - An air traffic meltdown that hit Britain last week was caused by a "one in 15 million" event, the boss of traffic control provider NATS…
By Jamie Freed Sept 6 (Reuters) - It was not possible for the pilot to recover from the tail rotor failure on the helicopter that crashed and killed Leicester City…
LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The Russian mercenary Wagner Group is set to be proscribed as a terrorist organization by the British government, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. A…
Britain's opposition Labour leader, Keir Starmer, launched a reshuffle of his top team on Monday to fight a national election expected next year, appointing his deputy Angela Rayner as the…
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Opposition Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner, was appointed on Monday as the British party's levelling up policy chief and will 'shadow' the government's deputy prime…
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party has a 14-point lead over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's ruling Conservatives, an opinion poll by market research company Opinium showed this weeekend as…
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has experienced its eighth warmest summer since 1884 thanks to record-breaking June temperatures, the country's national weather service said. The Met Office said the average mean…
The Church of England has been “dealt a death knell” as parishes close at a record rate, a Telegraph investigation has revealed. Almost 300 have disappeared in the past five…
LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Saturday inflation was on track to halve by the end of 2023, vowing to focus on the goal…
LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) - More than 150 British schools have been told to close some buildings after they were deemed unsafe, drawing anger from parents and teachers on the…
LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The British government named ex-energy secretary Grant Shapps as the country's new defence minister on Thursday, replacing Ben Wallace who said he wanted to step…
LONDON (Reuters) - England will bring forward the start of its autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes as a precautionary step after the identification of highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86,…
UK foreign secretary Cleverly visits Beijing First visit by senior UK minister in five years China's Wang says both should move forward with 'respect' Cleverly says important to maintain lines…
The United States could again station nuclear weapons on British soil, official documents suggest, after the US Air Force (USAF) secured funding for a new facility in Suffolk. Congress received…
LONDON, Aug 30 (Reuters) - The air traffic control glitch which caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays into and out of Britain on Monday has been fixed and there…
LONDON, (Reuters) - Manchester City striker Erling Haaland was named the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year. The 23-year-old was voted ahead of team mates Kevin de Bruyne…
LONDON, (Reuters) - The British government will delay imposing full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union by a further three months, it said, pushing the start date…
(Reuters) - Britain's state-run national health service will be the first in the world to offer an injection that treats cancer to hundreds of patients in England which could cut…
British transport minister Mark Harper said it would take days to resolve the widespread disruption to flights into and out of the country after air traffic control systems were hit…