The most senior civil servants in the UK Business Department intervened to protect their staff after officials raised concerns about former minister Alok Sharma’s behavior
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By: Stephen Carroll, Ellen Milligan
Businesses in Northern Ireland said they’re pushing ahead with investments, despite a stalemate that’s paralyzed the region’s political institutions for the past 15 months.
By: Ellen Milligan, Lizzy Burden
Keir Starmer shouldn’t be complacent about his UK Labour Party’s prospects in the next general election, even after winning hundreds of seats in last week’s local vote, former Prime Minister Tony Blair warned.
By: Ellen Milligan, John Ainger
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK will need fossil fuels for the “next few decades” as the UK moves to eliminate net greenhouse gas emissions, after being urged to oppose Equinor ASA’s Rosebank oil field project in the North Sea.
The UK and Switzerland are kicking off negotiations for a new free trade agreement to boost the exchange of services between the two countries post-Brexit.
By: Joe Mayes, Ellen Milligan
The UK’s main opposition Labour Party will pledge to reinstate local housing targets to spur construction as it tries to claim political territory vacated by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.
Junior doctors in England will stage another 72-hour walkout over pay, as they warn of a summer of industrial action after talks with the government broke down.
Rishi Sunak warned against Group of Seven nations descending into “blanket” protectionism in an effort to tackle China’s economic threat.
By: Ellen Milligan
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak should apologize for the UK’s treatment of gay and trans veterans, according to a government-commissioned review that details a “culture of homophobia” that pervaded the British military for decades.
British chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt said he supported the Bank of England in its quest to bring down inflation