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On June 23, 2016, British voters decided in a referendum that the UK should leave the European Union.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives at the 6th European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania on May 16. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK and EU forge new post-Brexit deal on fishing, security and Ukraine

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government wanted to ease trade barriers as part of efforts to boost the country’s tepid level of growth.

Britain

UK aims to cut immigration yet eyes new investor visa for strategic sectors

United States

Opinion | Britain has capitulated to Trump’s coercive trade. Others must resist

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Britain

UK to toughen skilled worker visa rules in immigration overhaul

‘We are taking decisive action to restore control and order to the immigration system,’ a minister says.

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Police officers stand guard during an anti-immigration protest in Britain’s Rotherham in 2024. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK hoping ‘pragmatic’ approach will yield ‘ambitious’ EU deal, Starmer says

A ‘pragmatic’ approach to talks on food standards, youth mobility and European courts could yield an ‘ambitious’ post-Brexit deal.

India

India, UK clinch landmark trade deal in shadow of Trump’s tariffs

The agreement between the world’s fifth and sixth-largest economies – London’s most significant post-Brexit deal – concluded after three years of negotiations.

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Britain

UK pledges US$26 billion to help firms amid US tariff turmoil

Finance chief Rachel Reeves said move would help companies weather difficulties ahead as Trump’s import taxes roil global markets.

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK and EU edge closer to reset deal, thanks to Trump’s tariff onslaught

The two sides are expected to sign defence, security and youth visa agreements during the May 19 summit in London.

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Britain

Starmer and Trump hold ‘productive’ talks on US-UK trade deal

Phone talks held as the UK tries to negotiate an exemption from tariffs on imports into the US.

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Britain

Scotland’s ex-leader Nicola Sturgeon cleared in investigation into party finances

Police had investigated fate of US$730,000 raised for Scottish National Party campaign. Sturgeon has said she will not stand for re-election.

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon. Photo: PA via AP
Canada

Who is Mark Carney? Crisis-fighting central banker to lead Canada through US trade war

Former central banker Mark Carney has won the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister.

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Liberal Party of Canada Leader Mark Carney and his wife Diana Fox Carney. Photo: The Canadian Press via AP
Britain

Farage aims to ‘overtake’ Labour as Reform UK membership tops 200,000

Nigel Farage called the growth ‘extraordinary’ after Reform UK unveiled its membership counter late last year.

Donald Trump

Starmer rejects Trump ‘out of line’ comment, calls UK-US trade ‘fair’

Asked by BBC on Monday if he will target the UK with tariffs, Trump said: ‘UK is out of line but I’m sure that one … can be worked out’.

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Britain

5 years on from Brexit, is the UK better off outside the EU?

Brexit’s impact remains profound as people and businesses in the UK still wrestle with the aftershocks of leaving the EU.

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A Brexit supporter in London on January 31, 2020. File photo: AP
Britain

Musk turns on Farage, calls for him to quit as Reform UK leader

World’s richest man Musk says Farage ‘doesn’t have what it takes’ in his latest intervention in UK politics.

Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida in December. Photo: X @Nigel_Farage
Britain

Opinion | Britain’s pivot towards Beijing is an economic imperative

Britain desperately needs China’s help to revive its economy, but London risks trading Brussels for Beijing as the overseer of its fortunes.

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Britain

Membership of UK’s anti-immigration Reform party overtakes Conservatives

Party leader Nigel Farage hailed ‘historic moment’ as membership tally ticked past 131,680 figure declared earlier in year by Conservatives.

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Britain

Farage challenges UK two-party system, threatens European-style fragmentation

Populist Reform UK party leader and Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage won a seat in parliament on his eighth attempt in July.

Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage during a protest in Westminster on Thursday. Photo: dpa
Britain

UK’s Starmer vows to slash immigration, reform points-based system

Official data shows net migration into Britain at a record 900,000 in the year to June 2023, much higher than original estimates.

Britain

UK’s new Conservative Party leader to name shadow cabinet in days

Kemi Badenoch has signalled her willingness to work with leadership rivals and pledged to hold the ruling Labour Party to account.

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Britain

Badenoch elected new leader of UK Conservative Party

Badenoch came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick with 57 per cent of the vote.

New Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch (centre) and her husband Hamish (right) and Conservative Party leader candidate Robert Jenrick (left) following the party’s new leader announcement in London, Britain, on Saturday. Badenoch succeeds Rishi Sunak. Photo: EPA-EFE
Britain

UK woman admits ‘milkshaking’ Nigel Farage

Victoria Thomas Bowen doused the anti-immigration lawmaker as he left a pub near London on June 4. She will be sentenced on December 16.

Victoria Thomas Bowen throws a milkshake in Nigel Farage’s face on June 4. Photo: AFP
E-commerce

Shein’s UK sales hit US$2 billion last year as it eyes London IPO

The fast-fashion giant is set to hold informal investor meetings in the coming weeks for a planned London listing, sources say.

Britain

UK PM Starmer’s chief of staff quits over reports about salary

Sue Gray’s resignation came after recent BBC report that her annual salary was US$223,000, about US$3,933 more than the PM’s.

Britain

Child ‘trampled to death’ in asylum seekers’ Channel crossing

A French tow vessel picked up 14 people on board, including the deceased during a rescue mission between 8:00 and 9:00am.

An aerial view taken on September 21 shows inflatable dinghies and outboard engines stored in a Port Authority yard in Dover, southeast England, that are believed to have been used by migrants who were picked up at sea whilst crossing the English Channel from France. Photo: AFP
Britain

UK’s Keir Starmer visits Brussels for first talks on EU reset

He is looking to tweak the relationship but has ruled out any return to the EU’s single market, its customs union or freedom of movement.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen speak to the press at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Photo: Reuters
Italy

UK’s Starmer seeks to learn from Meloni’s tough migration policies

UK prime minister looks for ‘new solutions’ on tackling the flow of migrants in small boats to Britain’s southern shores.

France

France’s Le Pen urges Macron to hold referendum to break political deadlock

Far-right leader urges referendum as new Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s hold on power is seen as fragile.

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