James Woolcock

Opposition parties rounded on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s UK government, accusing ministers of “running scared” after postponing four elections for newly created mayor posts.

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.

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.

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.

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Keir Starmer said pursuing a customs union with the European Union isnt a sensible way forward for Britain because it would jeopardize

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.

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.

(Bloomberg) -- The UK Labour Partys dwindling membership may be more in favor of keeping Keir Starmer as prime minister than is widely believed, according

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.