Ex-prime minister Liz Truss loses seat at UK election LONDON: Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, suffered further political ignominy Friday when she... Published 05 Jul, 2024 01:43pm
World Britons start voting in election expected to propel Labour to power LONDON: Britons began voting on Thursday in a parliamentary election that is expected to bring Keir Starmer’s Labour... Published 04 Jul, 2024 01:40pm
Markets Sterling bulls take a breather, for now LONDON: Speculators have trimmed their bullish positions in the pound for the first time in eight weeks, suggesting... Published 27 Feb, 2024 12:22pm
World Undeterred ex-PM Truss to launch new UK Tory grouping LONDON: Liz Truss may have flopped as UK prime minister, but she remains on the political stage, this week launching... Published 06 Feb, 2024 01:04pm
World UK opposition Labour says power ‘within our grasp’ LIVERPOOL: Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said at its annual conference on Monday that power was ... Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am
World UK’s Sunak eyes election as ruling Tories meet LONDON: Britain’s ruling Conservatives gather this weekend for their annual conference, with Prime Minister Rishi... Published 28 Sep, 2023 11:30am
Markets Pound’s mini-budget dip made UK’s Brexit bill dearer LONDON: Sterling’s drop at the time of former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s failed budget plans meant the British... Published 01 Aug, 2023 11:42am
Business & Finance India, UK still far apart on free trade deal NEW DELHI: India and Britain are struggling to make progress in free trade talks due to differences on some key... Published 19 May, 2023 11:05am
World UK’s Sunak faces first date with voters LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are braced for heavy losses in their first major electoral test... Published 04 May, 2023 11:33am
World UK PM Sunak faces first test of comeback credentials in local polls SWINDON: Rishi Sunak faces his first big electoral test as British prime minister next week in local polls where the... Published 28 Apr, 2023 12:17pm
World UK’s Hunt says his budget will get more people into work LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said he would use this week’s budget plan to remove barriers, including... Published 12 Mar, 2023 04:24pm
World Liz Truss blames economic ‘orthodoxy’ for downfall LONDON: Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s... Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:36am
World UK's shortest-serving PM Liz Truss blames economic 'orthodoxy' for downfall LONDON: Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance... Updated 05 Feb, 2023 05:35pm
Opinion Strikes, ‘sleaze’, stability: Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM On reaching 100 days in 10 Downing Street this week, Rishi Sunak will double the duration of Liz Truss’s brutally... Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am
World UK PM fires Conservative chairman after tax probe: govt LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday fired Conservative party chairman Nadhim Zahawi after an... Published 29 Jan, 2023 03:06pm
World UK’s Hunt pledges to boost growth but won’t budge on tax hikes LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will promise on Friday to tackle the country’s weak productivity with... Published 27 Jan, 2023 02:09pm
Business & Finance UK public finances worsen, as OECD warns on outlook LONDON: UK state borrowing jumped last month, official data showed Tuesday, as the government cushions consumers ... Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am
Business & Finance Britain warns tax hikes coming after Truss fiasco LONDON: The UK government on Sunday warned of impending tax hikes, especially for the wealthy, as it bids to repair... Published 14 Nov, 2022 07:01am
Business & Finance UK warns of budget pain to come this week LONDON: Britain’s government on Sunday warned of impending tax hikes, especially for the wealthy, as it bids to... Published 13 Nov, 2022 02:49pm
World Britain’s ex-finance minister Kwarteng told Truss to ‘slow down’ tax cuts LONDON: Britain’s former finance minister in Liz Truss’s short-lived government said in an interview Thursday he had... Published 11 Nov, 2022 11:01am
World UK's new PM touts migrant cooperation after Macron meet SHARM EL SHEIKH: Britain's new prime minister Rishi Sunak on Monday vowed imminent action on cross-Channel migrants... Published 07 Nov, 2022 10:50pm
Business & Finance ‘Mini-budget’ fallout hits UK house prices in October LONDON: British house prices fell in October at the fastest monthly rate since February 2021, a fresh sign of... Published 07 Nov, 2022 01:26pm
World UK's Johnson to attend COP27 summit in Egypt LONDON: Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday said he will go to the upcoming UN climate change... Published 01 Nov, 2022 11:21pm
World UK PM faces growing pressure over reappointed interior minister LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faced growing pressure Sunday after reappointing interior minister Suella... Published 30 Oct, 2022 04:12pm
World Russia’s war on Ukraine latest news: Moscow pulls out of grain deal Russia pulled out of a key United Nations-brokered Black Sea grain deal, provoking international outrage and dealing... Published 30 Oct, 2022 01:24pm
World Putin blasts West, says world faces most dangerous decade since WW2 LONDON: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the world faced the most dangerous decade since World War Two... Published 27 Oct, 2022 11:16pm
World UK’s crunch budget plan postponed till Nov 17: PM’s office LONDON: The UK’s eagerly-awaited budget plan has been postponed until November 17, the office of new Prime Minister... Published 26 Oct, 2022 04:05pm
World Rishi Sunak appointed crisis-hit UK's first prime minister of colour LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to... Updated 25 Oct, 2022 07:44pm
Markets Sterling rises as Sunak victory in PM race offsets economic gloom LONDON: The pound rose broadly on Tuesday, boosted by a degree of investor relief after Rishi Sunak won the race to... Published 25 Oct, 2022 01:47pm
World Sunak looks set to become next UK PM after Johnson quits race LONDON: Rishi Sunak looked set to become Britain’s next prime minister after his rival Boris Johnson quit the race,... Published 24 Oct, 2022 12:59pm
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points