Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak — two of the likely contenders in the race to become the United Kingdom’s next prime minister — have held face-to-face talks, according to media reports. The meeting took place […]
Ukrainian forces pressing an offensive in the south have zeroed in on Kherson, a provincial capital that has been under Russian control since the early days of the invasion. The possible fall of the city […]
The British pound sterling rallied on the resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after only six weeks in office. Sterling rose 0.5%, reaching $1.13 vs the US dollar before falling slightly back. The FTSE […]
LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – BlackRock (BLK.N), the world’s biggest asset manager, told a British parliamentary committee that it will not stop investing in coal, oil and gas, and that its role was not to […]
Update: U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her resignation just 44 days after taking office, after a risky plan to cut taxes and boost spending caused turmoil on financial markets, forcing her to backtrack […]
Essay by Eric Worrall Prime Minister Truss defeated an attempt to ban fracking – barely. But the long winded consultation process tacked on by her rebellious MPs will likely prevent any genuine progress for the […]
The UK and Ireland have some of the highest childcare costs in the developed world. As Statista’s Anna Fleck details below, according to data from the OECD, the average working couple in Ireland and the […]
The United Kingdom has issued a threat alert warning to its former military pilots not to let China lure them into lucrative contracts to train their armed forces – citing concerns over national security and […]
Struggling British Prime Minister Liz Truss lost the second of her key cabinet officials on Wednesday, as Home Secretary Seulla Braverman resigned after less than six weeks in the job. Braverman, a prominent Brexiteer […]
With every development in the political and fiscal basket case that is the UK under the microscope, today’s news that inflation in the United Kingdom unexpectedly hit a fresh 40-year high of 10.10% was not […]
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