Author: PAN PYLAS Associated Press

LONDON — Britain’s Labour government hopes to regain the political initiative Wednesday when Treasury chief Rachel Reeves sets out her spending plans for the coming years, with big increases expected for health, defense and housing. Reeves, who has been blamed by many for Labour’s decline in popularity since it returned to power after 14 years […]

LONDON — The trial has started of six men accused of arson at an east London business with links to Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, with prosecutors saying Wednesday that the evidence against them was “overwhelming.” At the start of the trial at London’s Central Criminal Court, which is better known as the Old Bailey, […]

LONDON — U.K. government figures Sunday showed that more than 1,100 migrants arrived in the country on Saturday in small boats from France across the English Channel, the highest number recorded on a single day so far this year. The latest Home Office figures show that 1,194 migrants arrived in 18 boats on Saturday in […]

LONDON — The U.K. is about to see the biggest increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War as it seeks to send “a message to Moscow,” the British defense secretary said Sunday. John Healey said the Labour government’s current plans for defense spending will be enough to transform the country’s military […]

LONDON — The British government is to rollout the use of medication to suppress the sex drive of sex offenders, as part of a package of measures to reduce the risk of reoffending and alleviate the pressures on the prison system, which is running out of space. In a statement to Parliament Thursday following the […]

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer suggested Wednesday that a hugely unpopular measure which deprived millions of retirees an annual winter fuel subsidy will be changed, a striking reversal in policy. Starmer said he wanted to help people with the cost of living and added that he wanted more retirees to be eligible for […]

LONDON — LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the U.K. spiked to its highest level for more than a year in April amid a raft of higher domestic bills, such as energy and water, official figures showed Wednesday. The Office for National Statistics said that its key measure of inflation, as measured by the consumer prices […]