The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel.

Gold is flat at $4,125 an ounce, and oil (Brent crude) is down about 1.3% to $64.30 a barrel. Bitcoin is up 2.3% at $105,010 ...

Economic insecurity is hastening the death of the two-party system that’s dominated UK politics for a century, detailed polling and deprivation data suggest.

UK government bonds fell sharply on Friday as Rachel Reeves ditched plans to raise income tax in this month’s Budget. Gilts ...

It comes after MPs were warned that two people working for Chinese security services had been posing as recruitment ...

A Russian spy ship is currently on the edge of UK waters, the defence secretary has announced. John Healey said it was the ...

“Suffice to say that market focus is now quickly shifting to the political dynamics as opposed to Budget speculation,” said ...

With a little more than a week to go until the UK’s Autumn Budget on 26 November, financial markets are looking twitchy.

Reform UK councillor George Finch has said a letter he sent to the education secretary on school taxis in Warwickshire is ...

Reform UK is gaining traction in recent polls, challenging the established norms of British politics. See the latest figures ...

The Chinese embassy in London immediately rejected the accusation, calling it “pure fabrication and malicious slander,” and ...

The Russian spy ship Yantar is operating on the edge of UK waters and has directed lasers at pilots of surveillance aircraft ...