The UK is drawing up plans for a special visa for foreigners who invest significant sums in Britain, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government seeks to blunt the economic blow from recent tax hikes ...

Ukraine and its European allies have told the US that a ceasefire and clarity on security guarantees for Kyiv should precede any peace deal with Russia that involves negotiations about territory, acco...

The US is prepared to recognize Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, according to people familiar with the matter.

The US is prepared to recognize Russian control of the Ukrainian region of Crimea as part of a broader peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv, according to people familiar with the matter.

UK government officials have raised private concerns that Chinese-manufactured drones are being used to take high resolution images of critical national infrastructure sites in the UK, going against g...

The UK is seriously considering nationalizing Jingye Group’s British Steel, as ministers rush to rescue the country’s last steelmaker from the prospect of permanent closure.

The UK and European Union are optimistic about striking a deal to reset post-Brexit relations at a summit in May, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs and policy on the Russia-Ukraine war spur calls fo...

US officials have told their UK counterparts they’ll discuss Britain’s proposal to reduce tariffs below 10%, but warned them President Donald Trump may decide that number is his permanent baseline for...

Donald Trump is soon going to be faced with a difficult decision in his push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to some European and US officials briefed on his team’s negotiations with the Kre...

European officials say that Donald Trump is soon going to be faced with a difficult decision in his push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

When Rachel Reeves rises to the dispatch box in the House of Commons on Wednesday to deliver her spring statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer aims to fix a risk of her own making that backfired a...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding a suspension of all weapons deliveries to Ukraine during a ceasefire proposed by US counterpart Donald Trump, according to people with knowledge of the ma...

Western security officials said Russian President Vladimir Putin has no intention to compromise on demands on land, peacekeepers and Ukraine’s neutrality in any peace talks, complicating President Don...

European officials have been told that President Donald Trump wants to link the proposed US-Ukraine minerals deal to demands for Kyiv to commit to a quick ceasefire with Russia, according to people fa...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and other European leaders used a security summit in London to demonstrate broad support for Ukraine. Behind the scenes, though, they were scrambling to get Volodymyr Ze...

The Oval Office blow up between Zelenskiy and Trump laid bare for many Europeans that something critical has broken in their relationship with Washington

Keir Starmer will tell European leaders that they need to face the “brutal reality” and increase defense spending, as the British prime minister seeks to use his line into the White House to keep the ...

After the spectacular, televised falling out between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, another leader — watching on an ocean away — decided to roll the dice. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pi...

After the spectacular, televised fallout between Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump, another leader — watching on from more than three and a half thousand miles away — decided to roll the dice. Brit...

The UK is in discussions to convene a group of European leaders for further talks about Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter, following a week of shuttle diplomacy bet...

Ukraine is in the final stages of talks with the US over a deal to give Washington a cut of the country’s natural mineral resources, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Monday.

The last time Keir Starmer crossed the Atlantic to meet Donald Trump the British prime minister needed to show he could avoid a personality clash with the once and future president. The stakes are con...

British military chiefs have advised Prime Minister Keir Starmer to accelerate plans to increase defense spending to 2.5% of economic output, according to people familiar with the matter, as urgency g...

President Donald Trump’s administration has told allies in the UK and Europe that it wants them to buy American weapons and military equipment in order to maintain the NATO alliance, European official...

UK defense chiefs have privately warned the government that plans to raise military funding to 2.5% of economic output won’t be enough, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer prepares to make a budget decisio...

Ukrainian officials asked US President Donald Trump’s administration to let them use frozen Russian assets worth $300 billion to buy US-made weapons, according to European officials familiar with the ...

Rachel Reeves faces a new risk of having to make spending cuts after the UK government’s fiscal watchdog downgraded its growth forecast, leaving Britain’s finance minister scrambling to meet her budge...

London’s Heathrow airport will unveil a short-term expansion plan including a timely commitment to prioritize British steel under threat from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, offering the hub a po...

A satellite communications system used by the US and UK to run military operations is central to efforts by Britain to resolve the sovereignty of the Chagos islands, UK security officials familiar wit...

The UK government said it wouldn’t provide any details on a proposed multibillion-pound deal to continue operating a military base in the Chagos archipelago once it cedes control of the islands until ...

The UK Treasury has told several government departments to prepare for their budgets to be frozen in cash terms ahead of a major spending review planned in June.

Rachel Reeves’ core message in her relaunch speech on Wednesday was that the UK needed to go “further and faster” in the pursuit of economic growth. But her approach left businesses and some members o...

Rachel Reeves reached far and wide as she sought to revive the UK’s flagging economy with wind turbines, roads, airports, railways, trade deals, and proposed reforms to pensions, planning and the welf...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK economy is starting to turn around as he sought to reset his Labour government’s relationship with business after a torrid first six months in power.

UK cabinet ministers are questioning whether a proposed expansion of London’s Heathrow, Gatwick and Luton airports would have the growth impact intended, as tensions brew within government over Chance...

Business activity has slumped at British firms and profit warnings have risen, according to two reports that say each trend is the worst it’s been since the pandemic.

Soon after her UK budget on Oct. 30, as economic sentiment plummeted and businesses protested higher taxes, an under-pressure Rachel Reeves had one key message for Treasury officials: “We need to go f...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced plans to prevent legal challenges from causing delays to major infrastructure projects, in the latest effort by the UK government to convince investors and bu...

Debt costs pushed up UK government borrowing more than forecast last month, highlighting the fiscal challenges facing Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.

Keir Starmer’s plans to green-light a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport risk triggering a damaging split within his governing Labour Party amid concerns that extend into his own cabinet about ...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves will struggle to convince the City of her fiscal credibility if she announces more delayed spending restraint, having already sought to move politically contr...

Keir Starmer’s government is preparing to approve controversial expansions to three London airports as part of a push to spur growth that’s become more urgent this month after international markets ca...

The cost of the UK’s most popular mortgages has risen to the highest level since August, risking a £500 ($609) annual hit for borrowers, as the turbulence that’s gripped the government debt market fee...

But she faces a tough choice between spending for a better today and investing to improve tomorrow.

UK lawmakers have raised doubts over Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ plan to cut down on wasteful spending, warning that a new efficiencies unit is understaffed and has little time to achie...