Even after restoring order, the new prime minister faces a bigger challenge: defusing the issues of fraying public services and a cost of living crisis that underlie the unrest.
Author: STEPHEN CASTLE
U.K. Officials Express Relief After Far-Right Riots Fail to Materialize
The authorities had been braced for further violence after anti-immigrant demonstrations in previous days had descended into riots.
Huw Edwards, Former BBC Anchor, Charged With Making Indecent Images of Children
Huw Edwards, who led the BBC’s coverage of major events, including King Charles III’s coronation, has been charged with three offenses, the police said on Monday.
U.K. Drops Opposition to I.C.C. Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
The new Labour government confirmed it would drop the previous government’s objection to I.C.C. arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
U.K. Royal Family Gets Financial Boost From Offshore Wind and Palaces
Profits at the Crown Estate doubled thanks to offshore wind deals, while visitors to royal palaces are almost back to prepandemic levels.
Zelensky Is First Foreign Leader to Visit U.K. Cabinet Since Clinton
President Volodymyr Zelensky briefed Keir Starmer’s top team in an appearance designed to showcase Britain’s steadfast support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Zelensky Among European Leaders Meeting in Churchill’s Birthplace
More than 45 European leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, met in England on Thursday. Fears over the continent’s security loomed large.
UK Approves Early Release for Thousands of Prisoners to Ease Overcrowding
The Labour government, which took power this past week, said it had been forced into the move because previous Conservative administrations had let the issue fester.
U.K. Government Seeks Migration Miracle Worker, Preferably in Uniform
Britain’s new center-left government is moving quickly to tackle a challenge that bedeviled its predecessors: how to prevent migrants crossing the Channel and break up trafficking gangs.
U.K. Government Seeks Migration Miracle Worker, Preferably in Uniform
Britain’s new center-left government is moving quickly to tackle a challenge that bedeviled its predecessors: how to prevent migrants crossing the Channel and break up trafficking gangs.