Economic insecurity is hastening the death of the two-party system that’s dominated UK politics for a century, detailed polling and deprivation data suggest.

After a series of missteps and about-faces, British prime minister Keir Starmer’s popularity has tanked, and his leadership ...

Gold is flat at $4,125 an ounce, and oil (Brent crude) is down about 1.3% to $64.30 a barrel. Bitcoin is up 2.3% at $105,010 ...

UK government bonds fell sharply on Friday as Rachel Reeves ditched plans to raise income tax in this month’s Budget. Gilts ...

With a little more than a week to go until the UK’s Autumn Budget on 26 November, financial markets are looking twitchy.

The answer is that it points to the emergence of a new and increasingly paranoid style in British politics – one which ...

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to support Ukraine’s “fight for freedom” in a bilateral meeting with US president Joe Biden in Washington. Speaking at the White House, the UK prime minister said the next ...

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel.

“Suffice to say that market focus is now quickly shifting to the political dynamics as opposed to Budget speculation,” said Sanjay Raja, chief UK economist at Deutsche Bank. Wes Streeting has renewed ...

A generous estate agent might describe the two-up, two-down terraced houses on the cramped side streets that lead towards Gillingham’s Priestfield Stadium as “snug”. On this warm day, the windows of ...

That's pretty much the way all of the Scandinavian systems went (Swedish/Norwegian BankID, and in Denmark, NemID was rebranded MittID). Generally called a personal number rather than a tax number or ...

Did a bit of reading about that, apparently it's to do with excluding a 'duty of candour' line that would obligate those giving evidence to tell the truth. But ok, if that's no good (why?) then what ...