LONDON (AP) — After being elected in a landslide last year, Britain’s Labour Party government delivered a budget it billed as a one-off dose of tax hikes to…
Read more Britain’s unpopular government prepares a high-stakes budget and hopes for growthPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BELFAST — First its government collapsed. Then austerity began to bite. Now fresh elections are set to…
Read more Northern Ireland in 2024: A land of miseryPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — She might have crashed Britain. But can she save the world? Former U.K. Prime Minister…
Read more Joe Biden’s secret Ukraine weapon: Liz TrussLONDON — COP28, meet the U.K.’s three amigos. One is a king who has spent most of his adult life campaigning for bold action on global warming —…
Read more King Charles, David Cameron and Rishi Sunak show UK’s COP28 identity crisisPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Rishi Sunak appointed David Cameron as Britain’s new foreign secretary — in a shock comeback…
Read more David Cameron makes shock comeback as Rishi Sunak’s foreign secretary in UK reshuffleLONDON — Britain’s tech chief is no stranger to dealing with big egos. She used to promote superstar wrestlers. U.K. Science and Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan’s past career…
Read more From WWE wrestling to global AI summit: The unlikely rise of Michelle DonelanLONDON — It was the gleaming smiles and mutual backslapping of two 40-something banker bros which signalled a new era of U.K.-EU relations. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and…
Read more After Brexit, Britain and Europe embrace ever-closer unionPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Liz Truss struck firmly to her guns in a defiant speech Monday as Britain’s shortest-serving…
Read more Liz Truss: I didn’t crash the economyLONDON — A year is a long time in politics — but the reverberations of the surreal fall of 2022 are still being felt across the U.K. Wednesday marks…
Read more The specter of Liz Truss still haunts BritainLONDON — Liz Truss isn’t laughing at the lettuce that outlasted her premiership. Asked Monday about the Daily Star’s live stream of a lettuce that eventually outlasted Truss’…
Read more Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funnyLondon CNN — Rishi Sunak should be celebrating after a week of successes. But despite good economic news, the allies of the British prime minister say they’ve been reminded that his castle…
Read more Analysis: Rishi Sunak could still suffer a similar fate to Boris Johnson. His castle is built on sand | CNNLondon CNN — Late last year, after a breakneck ascent of British politics put her in charge of the country’s migration, crime and national security agenda, Suella Braverman…
Read more ‘A Trump tribute act’: Meet Suella Braverman, the commander-in-chief of Britain’s culture wars | CNNPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — In a ceremony of pageantry, quirks and ancient tradition, King Charles III, Britain’s 62nd monarch,…
Read more King Charles III crowned in Westminster AbbeyTanya Gold is a freelance journalist. Boris Johnson’s political career ended on Wednesday, with stuttering and fake politesse. Seated before a U.K. House of Commons committee poised to…
Read more The end of Boris JohnsonPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Britain was rebuffed by the Biden administration after multiple requests to develop an advanced trade…
Read more Biden rebuffs UK bid for closer cooperation on techPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had…
Read more Inside the deal: How Boris Johnson’s departure paved the way for a grand Brexit bargainLONDON — Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss argued the U.K. should have “done more earlier” to counter Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric before he invaded Ukraine, and said the…
Read more Liz Truss: UK should have ‘done more earlier’ to counter Vladimir PutinLONDON — “Back to her old self again” was how one erstwhile colleague described Liz Truss, who made her return to the U.K.’s front pages at the weekend. …
Read more Rishi Sunak is haunted by ghosts of prime ministers pastUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s daughter Anoushka Sunak performed Kuchipudi along with many children at ‘Rang’- International Kuchipudi Dance Festival 2022 in London on Friday. The dance festival,…
Read more ‘India is where I come from’: Rishi Sunak’s daughter Anoushka performs Kuchipudi at cultural event in UKPaul Taylor is a contributing editor at POLITICO. After six years of chaos and recrimination since Britons voted to leave the European Union, there are signs the country is…
Read more The UK is starting to get real about Europe
