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Keir Starmer is not moving away from the idea of placing British ground forces in Ukraine as part of a future peacekeeping

UK public sector borrowing spiked to in February, numbers on Friday showed, to the fourth-highest level since records began.

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More than 1,300 flights to and from Heathrow Airport will be disrupted on Friday due to the closure of the airport following

The environmental watchdog has launched an investigation into whether the UK government has failed to comply with key laws on

The Bank of England on Thursday pledged a gradual and careful approach to monetary policy as it left interest rates unchanged

Council tax bill rises in Great Britain will hit 5% in April for the third year in a row, as almost all councils increase

The UK jobless rate steadied at the beginning of 2025, while pay growth largely slowed, data from the Office for National

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer failed to repeat the chancellor’s commitment not to extend the freeze on income tax, ahead of

Property prices jumped by 8.1% in the 12 months to January this year, according to figures released by the Central Statistics

It ‘makes sense’ for the EU to review the rationale behind proposed countermeasures for US tariffs, Irish deputy premier

Keir Starmer promised his ‘unwavering support’ to Ukraine as Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump are due to discuss plans to

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been directly challenged by Labour veteran Diane Abbott over the government’s cuts to

Two Royal Navy warships have shadowed a Russian task group as it sailed through the English Channel and North Sea.

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A low-carbon future for Grangemouth will require around £3.5 billion of private investment, a summary of the long-awaited

[Alliance News] - Russian attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure continued as a UK government minister said the signs were ‘not

Unreliable data in UK government accounts has resulted in income and debt being overstated by tens of billions of pounds

Keir Starmer has spoken to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky after the US and Russia agreed to work towards a limited ceasefire on

The rising sickness and disability benefits bill is ‘devastating’ for the public finances and has ‘wreaked a terrible human

Bosses at Tata Steel UK and British Steel said customers are taking steps to cancel orders after Donald Trump slapped trade

Lloyds Banking Group PLC has pushed the button on an overhaul of its IT division, affecting about 6,000 staff, as the group

David Lammy has reiterated the need for an ‘enduring and a lasting peace’ in Ukraine, ahead of talks with the EU’s high

Downing Street has rowed back on the Foreign secretary’s assertion that Israel had broken international law by blocking aid

An overhaul of the UK welfare system will see the assessment process for some health benefits scrapped and reform to

Keir Starmer spoke to Donald Trump ahead of the US president’s crunch talks with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

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Ireland’s trade surplus surged in January, helped by a sharp increase in its surplus with the US, data published by the