The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Britain's annual inflation rate fell to a three-year low in September, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling speculation that the Bank of England will resume cutting interest rates next month.

The PM’s time in office will be defined by how he responds to global economic challenges and political instability, not least in the US, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Hundreds of Afghan special forces soldiers are set to be relocated to Britain in a victory for The Independent’s campaign

Labour is promoting the idea of a trade-off between regulation and growth. We know where that ends, says Balanced Economy Project’s Nicholas Shaxson

Why do Britain’s guitar heroes become household names – yet its piano and organ players don’t? Let’s end this injustice, writes Elton John, as he pays tribute to all those thrilling showmen eternally confined to the wings

British lawmakers are voting on a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years

Labour has read its John Maynard Keynes. It unleashed the “animal spirits” of a possible economic bounceback at its first investment summit yesterday, with an upbeat Keir Starmer pledging to “improve Britain’s brand” and promising a land of opportunity for global investors — and some “heritage Yookay“ experience thrown in…

Sir Keir Starmer has set out the Labour government’s position on the slavery reparations ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this month

Labour prime minister has promised to fix Britain’s damaged relationship with the European Union

Weaknesses in Britain’s energy system were laid bare during the crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Energy Crisis Commission found

Reparations is expected to be a key talking point in Samoa