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UK environment minister quits with swipe at 'uninterested' PM Sunak
British international environment minister Zac Goldsmith resigned on Friday, saying Britain had lost its claim to a global leadership role on climate and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was "uninterested" in environmental issues. → Read More
Boris Johnson wilfully misled parliament, says UK report dubbed 'rubbish' by ex-PM
Britain's Boris Johnson should be denied automatic access to parliament for deliberately misleading lawmakers over rule-breaking COVID lockdown parties, a committee said on Thursday in a damning report the former leader described as "rubbish". → Read More
Britain to waive oil, gas windfall tax if prices fall far enough
Britain's windfall tax on oil and gas producers will not be applied if prices drop below certain levels for six months in a row, the finance ministry said on Friday, in a move the government hopes will boost energy security. → Read More
Boris Johnson referred to police over possible new COVID rule breaches
Britain's Boris Johnson has been referred to police over further potential breaches of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic, a charge the former prime minister's office portrayed as "yet another politically motivated stitch up". → Read More
UK accelerates London flood defence plan to counter rising climate risk
Britain is accelerating plans to protect London from flooding caused by a warming climate and rising sea levels, bringing forward its scheme of work to protect the city centre by 15 years. → Read More
Britain moves first to supply Ukraine with long range cruise missiles
Britain on Thursday became the first country to start supplying Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles, which will allow Ukrainian forces to hit Russian troops and supply dumps deep behind the front lines. → Read More
Breaking silence, Boris Johnson says he would struggle to back new Brexit deal
Boris Johnson criticised Rishi Sunak's new post-Brexit deal with the European Union for Northern Ireland on Thursday, saying the prime minister had allowed the bloc to retain too much influence in the United Kingdom. → Read More
UK and EU on the cusp of Northern Ireland Brexit deal but concerns remain
Britain is on the cusp of a deal with the European Union to tackle trade and political disruption in Northern Ireland caused by Brexit, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said on Sunday, but it is unclear whether that will satisfy eurosceptic critics. → Read More
UK PM Sunak condemns 'gobblefunk' changes to Roald Dahl's books
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday criticised the "airbrushing" of literature after a newspaper report showed books by children's author Roald Dahl had been edited to remove or alter references to gender, race and physical appearance. → Read More
UK consumers bought more in Jan but overall gloom persists
British consumers unexpectedly increased their shopping in January, but the big picture remains one of weak demand from inflation-hit households relying more on discounts at retailers to make ends meet. → Read More
UK economy shows zero Q4 growth, narrowly avoids recession
Britain's economy showed zero growth in the final three months of 2022 - enough for it to avoid entering a recession for now - but faces tough prospects in 2023 as households continue to wrestle with double-digit inflation. → Read More
UK seeks stronger powers to stop disruptive protests
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government will on Monday announce new proposals to clamp down on protests, broadening the range of situations in which police are able to act to prevent serious disruption. → Read More
Strikes in Britain set to intensify as teacher ballot results due
Strikes disrupting swathes of the British economy look likely to intensify this week, with teachers ready to announce industrial action, according to the Sunday Times, and nurses warning their strikes could double in size next month. → Read More
Climate change: UK's 2022 was hottest year on record, says forecaster
Britain experienced its hottest year on record in 2022, the national weather service confirmed on Thursday, saying human-induced climate change had made what would normally be a once-in-500-year event likely to happen every three or four years. → Read More
One killed, several missing after explosion on island of Jersey
Police did not confirm the cause of the explosion, which occurred at an apartment block in St. Helier, capital of the British Crown Dependency off the coast of northern France. → Read More
Labour beats Conservatives to retain UK parliament seat
Britain's opposition Labour Party secured a resounding victory in a vote for a parliament seat in northwest England on Friday, showing the scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to win a general election in the next two years. → Read More
Britain summons China's ambassador over treatment of BBC journalist
Britain summoned China's ambassador on Tuesday to raise the treatment of a British journalist whose employer, the BBC, said had been assaulted by Chinese police while he was covering a protest in Shanghai. → Read More
Countries agree on 'loss and damage' fund in overnight session to approve COP27 deal
Countries agreed early Sunday at the COP27 climate summit to set up a fund to help poor countries being battered by climate disasters, but delayed approving a wider deal outlining global resolve to fight climate change. → Read More
COP27 draft climate deal retains 1.5C limit, but many issues unresolved
The first draft of a deal being hashed out at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt would keep a target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but leaves many of the most contentious issues in the talks unresolved ahead of a Friday deadline. → Read More
U.N. publishes draft COP27 climate deal
The U.N. climate agency published a first draft on Thursday of a hoped-for final agreement from the COP27 climate summit, repeating many of last year's goals while leaving contentious issues still to be resolved. → Read More