Premiership of Rishi Sunak
Budget 2025: What it gives to workers, pensioners and families – Measures for property and investment
With one hand, the 2025 state budget “gives” €1.1 billion for new benefits, tax breaks, and measures to support the economy. However, with the other, it “takes,” as rising incomes lead to a corresponding increase in tax revenues.
Eight migrants die in Channel crossing attempt
Eight migrants died on Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.
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New UK PM Starmer promises Labour will 'rebuild Britain'
Britain's newly elected Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria enter his official London residence at No 10 Downing Street for the first time after the Labour Party won a landslide victory in the 2024 general election, in London, Friday July 5, 2024.
Rishi Sunak Admits Responsibility for Conservative Party's Election Loss
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has publicly accepted responsibility for the Conservative Party's significant loss in the UK general election. Keir Starmer of the Labour Party achieved a landslide victory and is poised to succeed Sunak as the country's next prime minister.
Labour tipped to oust Tories at UK election
Britain looks likely to see a change of government this week, swinging leftwards back to the center ground and the Labour party after 14 years of right-wing Conservative rule.
Voters will elect a new parliament from 7 a.m. today, with predictions of a landslide Labour win that would make Keir Starmer prime minister, 100 years after Ramsay MacDonald became the party's first.
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G-7 Summit in Italy: UK Announces Major Aid Package for Ukraine
The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is set to announce bilateral assistance of 309.69 million USD to Ukraine during the G-7 meeting in Italy. This aid is earmarked to address urgent humanitarian and energy needs, according to a statement from the Prime Minister's office.
120 business leaders back UK's Labour in election
The U.K.'s Labour Party on Tuesday won the backing of 120 business leaders, in a timely boost as it bids to oust the ruling Conservatives in the upcoming general election.
The coalition of CEOs and other senior figures, which includes some well-known names from British business, said in a joint letter that it was "time for a change."
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UK PM Sunak calls general election for July 4
U.K. political parties began jostling for position on Thursday, setting out their electoral battle plans after embattled Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election for July 4.
Sunak ended months of speculation about the date of the vote in a rain-soaked speech Wednesday outside Downing Street, which some took as an omen for his Conservatives' chances at the ballot box.
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Britain Announces July 4 Election, Signaling Potential End to Conservative Era
Britain is set to hold a national election on July 4, which polls suggest will conclude 14 years of Conservative-led governance, a period marked by significant political upheaval.
United Kingdom: Snap election on July 4 (video) (Update)
Surprising move by Rishi Sunak, whose party is 20 points behind Labor in the polls