Britons awoke last Friday to images of a giddy Nigel Farage. The leader of Reform UK, an anti-immigration, populist right-wing party which has surged in the polls in recent months, was celebrating his candidate’s narrow victory in a by-election in ...

LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party overtook Britain's governing Labour Party to become the country's most popular political party in a new poll, reflecting public discontent in Prime Minister Keir Starmer less than seven ...

The governing party placed a distant third in a special election for a district of Wales it has dominated for a century. Plaid Cymru, a center-left Welsh nationalist party, won. By Lizzie Dearden The governing party said it was “deeply concerning” that ...

The head of the Reform UK party faces mounting pressure after a colleague was sentenced to prison for accepting money from Ukrainian politicians acting on behalf of Moscow.

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Britain's move to lower the voting age to 16 launches the political battle for teenagers' votes, with campaign groups warning no one should make assumptions about their allegiances and parties must address the issues that affect ...

The plan presented by the chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, called for spending increases and higher taxes on the wealthy and the middle class.

The UK is now officially heading for a general election this summer, with energy policy and the country’s stance on climate change, transition and security of energy supply among the key issues. A day after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addressed the ...

While countries like the United States explore crypto as a new campaign fundraising tool, ministers in United Kingdom are sounding the alarm, with one calling for a ban on crypto donations over concerns about traceability and foreign interference.

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel

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