Data on Friday signaled unexpected positive momentum in the U.K. economy. The outlook for the U.K. has seesawed over the past year, amid economic slowdowns, mounting concern about fiscal spending plans,

Britain’s Labour Party government is quietly separating parts of its diplomacy, along with trade and security policies, from the Trump administration.

A certain white-knuckle angst accompanied Britain’s early-morning inflation releases in 2022 and 2023, when prices were rising at a pace not seen in decades. Lately, the mood has been calmer. But new figures for April, published on May 21st, brought unwelcome flashbacks to the economists, traders and mandarins watching the data.

Net migration dropped by 50 percent in 2024, data showed Thursday. So why was the prime minister warning of an “island of strangers” earlier this month?

Britain and the European Union have imposed sweeping sanctions targeting Russia, particularly its shadow fleet of oil tankers, over its war in Ukraine.

Skills gaps won’t be plugged overnight. The Construction Industry Training Board estimates it will need more than 250,000 new workers by 2028 to build homes, fix the grid or construct roads and bridges. “We simply do not have enough UK workers to achieve that,” says Richard Beresford, chief executive of the National Federation of Builders.

Senior executives at two of Britain's banks disagreed over proposals to repeal the country's post-crisis bank ring-fencing rules at a hearing of lawmakers on Tuesday, with the head of Barclays UK saying it could undermine financial stability.

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's Got Talent singer CJ Emmons has undergone life-saving surgery as he vows to still perform at this weekend's live show despite still being in pain