An exit charge for wealthy Britons leaving the country and increased levies on expensive homes are on a long-list of possible tax increases being considered by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves ahead of the budget.

Ukraine applied to join the EU days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. It has been pushing to make progress on its bid, despite the challenges of Russia’s war and EU member Hungary blocking Kyiv from formally moving to the next phase of negotiations.

An Afghan refugee who is rebuilding her life after fleeing the Taliban has thanked the UK for giving her family sanctuary. Nahid Hamidi and her husband Ahmad were being targeted by the Taliban over Ahmad's work as a British Army interpreter and fled the country in 2021.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he hopes the move will "revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis."

Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to rule out raising income tax, national insurance or value added tax at the upcoming budget, suggesting the government may break its election manifesto promises in order to fill a growing hole in the public finances.

Terrifying surveillance video shows the moment the UK mass train stabbing suspect stormed into a barbershop armed with a huge knife — just one day before he allegedly carried out his bloody

Buckingham Palace on Thursday announced that Charles had stripped Andrew, 65, of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, seeking to distance the royal family from him over his links to the Epstein scandal. It was one of the most dramatic moves against a member of the royal family in modern British history.

China waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at a UK university to get it to shut down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses, documents seen by the BBC show.