Britain was once the world’s top slave-trading nation. Some descendants of British slave owners have formed a group to push for a national apology and reparative justice.
Nearly five months since the UK Conservative Party installed Rishi Sunak as the country’s first prime minister of colour, the Scottish National Party could also make history in its leadership race.
The Gary Lineker crisis that engulfed the BBC last weekend brought to a head an increasingly acrimonious row about impartiality at the public-funded British broadcaster.
Britain’s government is pushing for new laws to crack down on strikes. It’s happening while there is a perceived deterioration of basic human rights in the UK.
London is one of the costliest cities in the world to live. Rents are climbing and affordable housing of a reasonable standard is becoming harder to find.
Activists and a journalists association in Britain are warning that proposed public order laws could give the UK government and police greater powers to restrict protests and media freedoms.
Critics question whether ultra-rich Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can understand the desperation many in Britain feel as the country staggers through its worst economic crisis in decades.
In office for just six weeks, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is fighting for her political survival, and likely hoping to avoid becoming the shortest serving leader in modern British history.
Since succeeding Boris Johnson last month, Liz Truss has alienated voters, financial markets and her own MPs.
A UK anti-monarchy group says it has seen more public support, raised extra funds and recruited new members since Queen Elizabeth died and Charles ascended the throne as king.
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is seen as the Tory favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister next week.
In London, saving water is taking on a sense of urgency amid the driest and hottest summer in decades. That’s because next year could be worse.
Come September 5, the UK will either get its first prime minister of colour or third woman prime minister. The decision will be made by 180,000 or so Conservative Party members, 97 per cent of whom are white.
He may be down and almost out, but the UK’s outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems determined to show he is not yet ready to ride off into the sunset.
Boris Johnson’s downfall as Britain’s prime minister came after he defiantly survived numerous scandals and missteps during three years in office. The final straw involved a Tory MP who drunkenly groped two men at a private club.
Britain faces a summer of disruption as workers struggling with the rising cost of living resort to strike action in disputes over pay and conditions.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing two likely by-election losses, a committee inquiry over lockdown parties, a cost-of-living crisis and a Tory conference after narrowly surviving a no-confidence vote.
The Elizabeth Line, named after Queen Elizabeth, is a mixed overground and underground railway that’s meant to slash journey times across London.
A UK plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda has been criticised by the UN, senior political figures and a religious leader. It has also put a spotlight on one of the British government’s most divisive ministers.
Boris Johnson promised an investigation into the sale of Newport Wafer Fab to Wingtech subsidiary Nexperia, but parliament’s foreign affairs select committee says no review was started.
Western sanctions on Russian industries are being felt by UK fish and chip shops, which have long bought cod and haddock from Russian sources.
The UK government is coming under pressure to tighten company registration rules amid concerns Britain has become a hub for shell businesses that can be set up cheaply by people whose identity isn’t clear.
Queen Elizabeth this year marks 70 years on the throne as Britain’s longest-serving monarch. Attention has turned to Prince Charles as the UK royal family maps out its future.
British prime minister’s leadership in question as police investigate lockdown parties at Downing Street and Whitehall, while some in his own Conservative Party call for him to quit.
The UK Chanceller has had a stellar rise, but Downing Street won’t be handed to him on a plate. Tricky questions face the ‘Maharajah of the Yorkshire Dales’, from his loyalty to Johnson to immigration.
Petition to rescind knighthood for former UK prime minister Tony Blair gets more than 1 million signatures.
Speculation is mounting that embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a leadership challenge as early as the new year.
A free-trade deal with its closest ally United States was meant to be one of the big prizes for the UK after Brexit.
The UK Royal Navy is undergoing its biggest revamp in a generation, with plans for frigates and stealthier submarines to compliment two new aircraft carriers.
A woman has appeared in court and UK police have arrested another after nine female Chinese students were struck on the head in separate attacks in the city of Sheffield.
