The UK’s City minister said the Labour government understands the importance of a globally competitive financial services sector, as Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey considers whether to hike taxes on banks at his upcoming budget.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski backed Ed Miliband over “disastrous” Wes Streeting to become the UK’s next chancellor in the latest sign of pressure building on Andy Burnham to name someone who will please the disaffected left.

Britain’s next prime minister must not pile more pressure on companies with further tax rises, one of the country’s largest business lobby groups has warned.

Britain’s next prime minister must not pile more pressure on companies with further tax rises, one of the country’s largest business lobby groups has warned.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave an alarming explanation when he blocked Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from seeking a seat in parliament: The Labour Party couldn’t afford to fight the contest to replace him.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave an alarming explanation when he blocked Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from seeking a seat in parliament: The Labour Party couldn’t afford to fight the contest to replace him.

Nigel Farage’s poll-leading Reform UK party said GB News presenter Matthew Goodwin will be its candidate for the special election in Gorton and Denton, the parliamentary seat where the governing Labour Party blocked Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from standing.

The government will cap ground rents paid by leaseholders in England and Wales despite concern about the impact on pension funds.

Former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, as leader Nigel Farage showed a continued willingness to accept members of the party he hopes to replace as the standard-bearer for Britain’s political right.

Keir Starmer is bracing for a potential showdown with a key left-wing rival in a test of the British prime minister’s power to stave off the gathering threats to his job.

Keir Starmer is bracing for a potential showdown with a key left-wing rival in a test of the British prime minister’s power to stave off the gathering threats to his job.

The UK Labour Party’s dwindling membership may be more in favor of keeping Keir Starmer as prime minister than is widely believed, according to party insiders — a factor that could undermine rivals seeking to oust him this year.

The UK Labour Party’s dwindling membership may be more in favor of keeping Keir Starmer as prime minister than is widely believed, according to party insiders — a factor that could undermine rivals seeking to oust him this year.

The UK’s Labour government passed a workers’ rights package that expands protections for employees and achieves a key policy goal of the party’s left.

Keir Starmer said pursuing a customs union with the European Union isn’t a “sensible” way forward for Britain because it would jeopardize deals struck with the US and India.

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy vowed to root out “corrupt actors” as the UK unveiled a new strategy targeting bankers, accountants and lawyers as part of a drive to slash the tens of billions of pounds that’s laundered through Britain every year.

The Conservatives’ surprisingly strong stretch of fundraising under Kemi Badenoch is the latest sign that the British opposition party is finding its footing more than a year after its cataclysmic election loss to Labour.

The Financial Conduct Authority has told British lawmakers it is not investigating the release of information around Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ budget, after opposition parties suggested it could have amounted to market abuse.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK raked in more donations than any other British political party in the third quarter, boosted by a record £9 million ($12 million) gift from crypto investor Christopher Harborne, in a sign business and the wealthy are taking the party’s polling lead seriously.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK raked in more donations that any other British political party in the third quarter, boosted by a £9 million ($12 million) gift from crypto investor Christopher Harborne, in a sign business and the wealthy are taking the party’s polling lead seriously.