Economy Feb 06 UK nurses, ambulance crews strike amid rising costs Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are walking off the job in the U.K. in what unions called the biggest strike in the history of the country's public health system.
World Feb 02 Problems mount in U.K. as Sunak hits 100th day as prime minister U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has angry unions to the left of him, anxious Conservative Party lawmakers to the right and, in the middle, millions of voters he must win over to avert electoral defeat.
World Jan 29 UK Conservative Party chairman fired over alleged tax bill misconduct British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a "serious breach" of ethics rules in failing to come clean about a tax dispute.
World Jan 20 U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seat belt in Instagram video Sunak has apologized for making an "error of judgment" while filming a message for Instagram from the back of an official government car during a visit to northwest England on Thursday.
World Jan 18 UK Prime Minister Sunak pushes ahead on plan to remove all EU laws British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is pushing ahead with a contentious plan to remove all remaining European Union laws from Britain's statute book by the end of the year.
World Jan 18 UK nurses walk out in new wave of strikes over pay Thousands of nurses in Britain have walked out in a new strike over pay, with no end in sight to a wave of industrial action that has piled pressure on the U.K.'s overburdened public health system.
Politics Jan 17 Scotland vows to challenge UK in court over gender recognition law veto Scotland's leader says she will take the British government to court over its decision to block a law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to change their gender on official documents.
World Jan 16 U.K. government considers blocking new gender designation change law in Scotland The law approved by the Scottish parliament allows people 16 or older to change the gender designation on their identity documents by self-declaration, removing the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
World Jan 11 UK, Japan sign defense agreement amid rising concerns about China The Reciprocal Access Agreement is Japan's first with a European nation and allows the two countries to hold joint military exercises. The British government said the defense agreement "cements our commitment to the Indo-Pacific" region.
World Jan 09 UK government ministers meets with unions but fails to end wave of strikes British government ministers have met trade union leaders but have fallen short of ending a wave of strikes that has hobbled the U.K.'s rail network and overburdened health system.