UUnited Kingdom Read More UK diplomatic staff withdrawn from Iran as US considers strike – POLITICOFebruary 27, 2026 The U.S. State Department earlier authorized nonessential employees at the American Embassy in Israel to leave the country…
UUnited Kingdom Read More UK civil service chief’s exit payment likely to be even higher than £260k – POLITICOFebruary 18, 2026 However, government disclosures state that Wormald’s payout was “greater than what [he] would be contractually entitled to.” This…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Layoffs loom at the British Council as budget squeeze hits overseas programs – POLITICOFebruary 15, 2026 The Council has asked the government to relieve the financial pressure of the loan and declining grants, requesting…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Manchester United owner praises Farage during anti-migration diatribe – POLITICOFebruary 11, 2026 Ratcliffe, who made most of his estimated €17 billion fortune in the chemicals industry with his company INEOS,…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Time for a Brexit reckoning – POLITICOFebruary 9, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney recently received a lot of acclaim for citing Czech playwright and former President…
UUnited Kingdom Read More MPs should override Lords on assisted dying, says former top UK judge – POLITICOFebruary 6, 2026 Though he supports the flexibility of the Lords system, Neuberger said the behavior of peers over assisted dying…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Trump now backs UK Chagos deal despite ‘GREAT STUPIDITY’ critique – POLITICOFebruary 5, 2026 “If the lease deal, sometime in the future, ever falls apart, or anyone threatens or endangers U.S. operations…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Pint-swilling Nigel Farage wants to be savior of Britain’s pubs – POLITICOFebruary 2, 2026 “When the Labour government came in, the pub industry was already weak — and they piled on more…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Mandelson appeared to send UK government plans to Epstein – POLITICOFebruary 2, 2026 The correspondence covers Whitehall thinking at the time of a major economic crisis, and it is highly unusual…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Starmer piles pressure on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to answer Epstein questions in US – POLITICOJanuary 31, 2026 The exchange happened a year after Epstein was released from jail following a sentence for soliciting prostitution from…
UUnited Kingdom Read More Farage’s Trump lobbying against Chagos deal riles British government – POLITICOJanuary 30, 2026 “It is highly unusual for a U.K. political party to be lobbying a foreign government over a U.K.…
UUnited Kingdom Read More 5 China experts on how Keir Starmer should play his China trip – POLITICOJanuary 28, 2026 Britain should “listen to the Chinese leadership and try and understand more about how [Chinese President] Xi Jinping…