Feb 01 Thousands strike across UK as unions increase pressure for better pay By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press Up to half a million workers are estimated to be on strike across the U.K. in the biggest day of industrial action Britain has seen in more than a decade. Continue reading
Jan 29 UK Conservative Party chairman fired over alleged tax bill misconduct By Mike Fuller, Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 20 U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fined for not wearing seat belt in Instagram video By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 18 UK Prime Minister Sunak pushes ahead on plan to remove all EU laws By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 18 UK nurses walk out in new wave of strikes over pay By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 17 Scotland vows to challenge UK in court over gender recognition law veto By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 16 UK government plan to deport some asylum-seekers to Rwanda faces new court challenge By Associated Press Two High Court judges ruled in December that the controversial policy is legal, rejecting a lawsuit from several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union. Continue reading
Jan 16 U.K. government considers blocking new gender designation change law in Scotland By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 14 UK to supply tanks as Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine By Sylvia Hui, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday promised to provide tanks and artillery systems to Ukraine, amid renewed missile attacks by Moscow targeting multiple Ukrainian cities for the first time in nearly two weeks. Continue reading
Jan 11 UK, Japan sign defense agreement amid rising concerns about China By Jill Lawless, Associated Press 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. Continue reading