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Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond has died at age 69

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing billions of pounds in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences and infrastructure at a business summit

The four contenders to lead Britain’s Conservative Party have taken turns to argue why they have what it takes to lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat

Rishi Sunak on Sunday urged his Conservative Party to «learn the lessons» of their crushing election defeat as it gathered to begin electing a new leader. The four-day meeting in Birmingham, central England, comes three months after the Tories were ousted from power by Labour, with Keir Starmer taking over as prime minister. «This is our first conference in opposition since 2009,» Sunak wrote in parliament's The House magazine.

Members of Britain’s governing Labour Party have dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow by rejecting his decision to cut a payment that offsets winter heating costs for millions of retirees

Speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool yesterday (24 September), Starmer criticised the previous Tory government as «the party of the uncontrolled market» and called for national reform to allow the British public to regain trust in government.  «Now do not get me wrong – markets are dynamic. Competition is a vital life force in our economy. This is a Labour Party proud to say that.  We work hand-in-hand with business,» the Labour leader said. However, he added «markets do not give you control, that is almost literally their point».  Rachel Reeves pledges 'no...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has tried to shake off his image as a gloom-monger by telling voters that better times are on the way — eventually

Keir Starmer tried to shake off his image as a gloom-monger on Tuesday, telling voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil that better times are on the way — if they swallow his recipe of short-term pain for long-term gain. Starmer capped the Labour Party's first annual conference since winning a landslide election victory in July with a speech arguing that things will be «tough in the short term» but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Some members of the center-left party say Starmer has made that dark tunnel longer by delivering downbeat messages about the economy since becoming Britain's first Labour prime minister for 14 years. That and a distracting row about freebies have overshadowed what should be a celebratory gathering for thousands of party members in the northwest England port city of Liverpool.

British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has promised not to return to an era of public spending cuts despite the dire state of the U.K.’s national finances

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to protect public services and ruled out austerity measures as Labour's annual conference kicked off on Sunday, its first in 15 years as a government party. The four-day gathering in Liverpool, northwest England, comes three months after Labour secured a runway general election victory over the Conservatives. Under pressure on several fronts, Starmer will have to strike a balance between celebrating Labour's long-awaited victory, defending his record, and not letting up on reminders of «difficult decisions» to come.

This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party

Public sector net debt «was provisionally estimated at 100% of gross domestic product at the end of August», the Office for National Statistics said in a release. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned Britons that the budget announcement on October 30 will be «painful», with tax rises and spending cuts expected.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has met with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni in Rome

Russia-Ukraine War: President Joe Biden issued a strong response to a journalist's question about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning on Ukraine during a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House. Biden became visibly frustrated when a reporter from the British press asked him to comment on Putin’s statement that lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles could escalate the conflict into a direct US-Russia war, according to the New York Post. “Be quiet until I speak, okay? That’s what I say. Good idea?” Biden replied, showing irritation. The reporter continued, prompting Biden to respond, “You’ve got to be quiet. I’m going to make a statement here, okay?” After the brief introductory statements by Biden and Starmer, the reporter again asked about Putin. In response, Biden remarked, “I don’t think much about Vladimir Putin.”

Of all the clicks on British job postings from workers abroad, only a fifth were on high-wage jobs, or postings offering the upper third of wages, according to data covering the first six months of the year from job-search website Indeed. Only Spain had a smaller proportion among 10 advanced economies analysed. Foreigners have a strong urge to work in the UK but they are not the kind of workers the government wants. The lowest-paid jobs attracted 40% of clicks from abroad, casting doubt over the Conservatives’ policies to discourage low-skill migration.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has won a parliamentary vote on a contentious decision to cut a payment that helps millions of pensioners pay winter heating bills

New Delhi: Talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and India is expected to resume next month after a “comprehensive review" of progress so far by the two sides, two people aware of the matter said, with subjects like migration and mobility put under the scanner by the new Labour government led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. "The fourteenth round of FTA negotiations, stalled due to the general elections in both countries, will kickstart again next month, now that elections are over and new governments have taken charge," said the first person mentioned above, speaking under anonymity. "Both sides are hoping for a quick completion of the FTA.

Britain needs an additional one trillion pounds ($1.3 trillion) in investment in the next decade to grow the economy, a report said on Friday. New British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted the economy to achieve annual growth of 2.5% when campaigning in the run-up to July 4's election — a rate that Britain has not regularly reached since before the 2008 financial crisis. An annual growth rate of 3% would require extra investment of 100 billion pounds a year in the next 10 years, particularly in energy, housing and venture capital, according to the report from UK financial services lobby group Capital Markets Industry Taskforce.

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom have announced plans to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations

Britain's economy grew 0.6% in the second quarter of 2024, official figures showed on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast an expansion of 0.6%, building on a rapid 0.7% recovery in the first quarter of the year from a shallow recession in the second half of 2023. At the start of the month the Bank of England raised its annual growth forecast for 2024 to 1.25% from 0.5% due to a stronger-than-expected start to the year and an expectation of 0.7% quarter-on-quarter growth in the three months to June.

Elon Musk has been accused of exacerbating tensions after a week of far-right rioting in Britain, sparking calls for the government to speed up the rollout of laws policing harmful online content. Misinformation and calls to violence have spread on social media over the past week after far-right and anti-Muslim groups seized on the fatal stabbing of three young girls in the English town of Southport. As rioters clashed with police in some towns and cities, Musk joined the debate on his X platform, posting that civil war was «inevitable» in Britain. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson said there was «no justification» for such comments.