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Beijing summons envoys from both UK and US in response to widespread international condemnation of Lai verdict

Exclusive: Campaigners say slashing overseas aid would leave UK unable to meet existing commitments

The so-called ‘Green Tea’ project aims to support producers in the east African nation, which supplies around half of the tea drunk in Britain.

Eighty years ago, Britain celebrated its first peacetime Christmas since 1938. It was a time of hope indeed, but a look through newspaper archives reveals a complex picture. Christmas 1945 was an austerity Christmas. One in which grief and suffering, remembrance and loneliness mingled with reunions, church attendance and muted…

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Martin Kettle about the impact of educational inequality on Britain’s cultural sector

The idea of a customs union has gained traction, but agreeing a deal would be far from straightforward

Google joins X in attacking the UK's Online Safety Act, warning that strict content policing and heavy regulation are pushing Britain toward 'authoritarian irrelevance' and stifling digital innovation.

Survey adds to experts’ concern about addiction risk and highlights support for plan to ban sales to under-18s

Editorial: All the incentives in Westminster politics militate against confronting difficult issues, but a failing government may as well try honesty

Editorial: Cutting-edge therapies exist, but the market cannot deliver them cheaply. Britain must build NHS capacity so that cures become collective goods, not expensive products

Edie Friedman writes: We disussed our shared experiences of being minority communities in Britain