Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveiled £4 billion ($5.4 billion) to support children with special education needs and disabilities, but risks a rebellion from left-wing Members of Parliament after unions warned it isn’t enough.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveiled £4 billion ($5.4 billion) to support children with special education needs and disabilities, but risks a rebellion from left-wing Members of Parliament after unions warned it isn’t enough.
UK inflation climbed to 3% in January, boosted by food, airfares, and VAT on private school fees, exceeding the 2.8% forecast. Photographer: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
After boasting for months about its preferential trade deal with US President Donald Trump, the UK is at risk of becoming the biggest loser in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his global tariffs.
After boasting for months about its preferential trade deal with US President Donald Trump, the UK is at risk of becoming the biggest loser in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down his global tariffs.
An employee moves a wooden cask of Chivas Regal blended Scotch whisky, produced by Pernod Ricard SA, at the company's Strathisla distillery in Keith, U.K., on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. Scottish nationalist leader Alex Salmond and former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, who leads the 'No' campaign, clashed over the risks and merits of independence six weeks before the Sept. 18 referendum that could bring an end to the U.K.
Europe’s five biggest military spenders will jointly develop low-cost air defense weapons based on battlefield lessons in Ukraine, their defense ministers said.
Europe’s five biggest military spenders will jointly develop low-cost air defense weapons based on battlefield lessons in Ukraine, their defense ministers said.
A drone operator conducting reconnaissance during NATO-linked military exercises with British, Latvian, Canadian and Italian forces, in Latvia, on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025. In the wilds of Latvia, the British military is trying out new battlefield technology — and how to best integrate ‘the technician and the tactician’ in weapons development.
US President Donald Trump’s latest retraction of support for Britain’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius comes as the UK government holds off giving permission for him to use the Diego Garcia military base in the archipelago for any possible strike on Iran.
US President Donald Trump’s latest retraction of support for Britain’s deal to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius comes as the UK government holds off giving permission for him to use the Diego Garcia military base in the archipelago for any possible strike on Iran.
The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) or Chagos Islands (formerly the Oil Islands) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, halfway between Africa and Indonesia. The territory comprises a group of seven atolls comprising more than 60 individual islands, situated some 500 kilometers (310 mi) due south of the Maldives archipelago. The largest island is Diego Garcia (area 44 km squared), the site of a joint military facility of the United Kingdom and the United States. Following the eviction of the native population (Chagossians) in the 1960s, the only inhabitants are US and British military personnel and associated contractors, who collectively number around 4,000 (2004 figures). (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
The UK is renewing a push for Saudi Arabia to invest in its next-generation fighter jet program alongside Italy and Japan, as costs spiral and a rival project stalls.
The UK is renewing a push for Saudi Arabia to invest in its next-generation fighter jet program alongside Italy and Japan, as costs spiral and a rival project stalls.
US President Donald Trump said the UK was making a “big mistake” with its proposed deal to turn over control of the Chagos Islands, just weeks after saying the agreement was the “best” arrangement Prime Minister Keir Starmer could make.
US President Donald Trump said the UK was making a “big mistake” with its proposed deal to turn over control of the Chagos Islands, just weeks after saying the agreement was the “best” arrangement Prime Minister Keir Starmer could make.
US President Donald Trump Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images
Keir Starmer is pushing the Treasury to accelerate plans to increase UK defense spending, after being persuaded by military chiefs that swifter action is needed to restore the country’s hollowed-out forces.
Keir Starmer is pushing the Treasury to accelerate plans to increase UK defense spending, after being persuaded by military chiefs that swifter action is needed to restore the country’s hollowed-out forces.
The UK is lobbying countries including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to push back against strict French trade proposals that would exclude Britain from participating in public procurement bids.
The UK is lobbying countries including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to push back against strict French trade proposals that would exclude Britain from participating in public procurement bids.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
The UK is lobbying countries including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to push back against strict French trade proposals that would exclude Britain from participating in public procurement bids.
The UK is lobbying countries including Germany, Italy and the Netherlands to push back against strict French trade proposals that would exclude Britain from participating in public procurement bids.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission.
Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign fighters in the war on Ukraine as its forces sustain more losses than they’re able to replace, UK Defence Secretary John Healey said.
Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign fighters in the war on Ukraine as its forces sustain more losses than they’re able to replace, UK Defence Secretary John Healey said.
A burial site of Russian soldiers killed during fighting in Ukraine, in Kostroma, Russia. Photographer: Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain is no longer the country that voted for Brexit and vowed to build a closer relationship with the European Union.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain is no longer the country that voted for Brexit and vowed to build a closer relationship with the European Union.
Keir Starmer delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 14. Photographer: WPA Pool/Getty Images Europe
After a year of refusing to choose between Washington and Brussels, Keir Starmer will shift tone in Munich by edging Britain closer to the European Union and calling for an end to over-reliance on American military support.
After a year of refusing to choose between Washington and Brussels, Keir Starmer will shift tone in Munich by edging Britain closer to the European Union and calling for an end to over-reliance on American military support.
British Defense Secretary John Healey met with counterparts from Baltic and Nordic nations to discuss seizing oil tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, as Europe seeks to tighten curbs on Moscow’s war economy nearly four years after its invasion of Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary John Healey met with counterparts from Baltic and Nordic nations to discuss seizing oil tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, as Europe seeks to tighten curbs on Moscow’s war economy nearly four years after its invasion of Ukraine.
John Healey, UK defence minister, in London on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025.
Keir Starmer’s net favorability rating picked up in the aftermath of his leadership crisis this week, logging its highest reading since August, YouGov said.
Keir Starmer’s net favorability rating picked up in the aftermath of his leadership crisis this week, logging its highest reading since August, YouGov said.
Keir Starmer, UK prime minister, during a bilateral meeting with Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, at Chequers, near Aylesbury, UK, on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Frederiksen said she’d been in close contact with NATO before and after US President Donald Trump’s meeting with the alliance in Davos, and that there had been no negotiation about sovereignty.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves took a swipe against European Union plans for a “made in Europe” law, urging her counterparts on the continent to broaden the concept out to other like-minded countries.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves took a swipe against European Union plans for a “made in Europe” law, urging her counterparts on the continent to broaden the concept out to other like-minded countries.
As the dust settles on days of high-stakes political drama in Westminster, Labour insiders from across the party have arrived at a similar conclusion: Buy Angela Rayner, hold Keir Starmer and sell Wes Streeting.
As the dust settles on days of high-stakes political drama in Westminster, Labour insiders from across the party have arrived at a similar conclusion: Buy Angela Rayner, hold Keir Starmer and sell Wes Streeting.
Keir Starmer shored up his position as UK prime minister at the end of a dramatic day in Westminster that at times seemed like he might be forced to step down. The reprieve is likely only to be temporary.
Keir Starmer shored up his position as UK prime minister at the end of a dramatic day in Westminster that at times seemed like he might be forced to step down. The reprieve is likely only to be temporary.
Keir Starmer’s cabinet members voiced their support for the prime minister on Monday, buying him time to shore up his beleaguered premiership after the Labour Party’s leader in Scotland urged him to quit.
Keir Starmer’s cabinet members voiced their support for the prime minister on Monday, buying him time to shore up his beleaguered premiership after the Labour Party’s leader in Scotland urged him to quit.
The UK’s top spies have warned political parties of the dangers posed by foreign interference ranging from financial donations to honey traps.
Director General of Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5, Ken McCallum, delivers the annual Director General's Speech at Thames House, the headquarters of the UK's Security Service, in London on October 16, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Brady / PA WIRE / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN BRADY/PA WIRE/AFP via Getty Images)
Peter Mandelson played no role in facilitating the award of a £240.6 million ($325 million) data-analytics contract to Palantir Technologies Inc., the UK’s Defence Secretary John Healey said after opposition parties raised questions over the process.
Peter Mandelson played no role in facilitating the award of a £240.6 million ($325 million) data-analytics contract to Palantir Technologies Inc., the UK’s Defence Secretary John Healey said after opposition parties raised questions over the process.
Peter Mandelson Photographer: Giulia Marchi/Bloomberg
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