The case for digital sovereignty
Image: © Mr-Tigga | iStock The Tech Giants and Giant Slayers report (April 2026) argues that the UK’s…
Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs | Morgan McSweeney
Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister’s former chief of staff, has been summoned before the foreign affairs select committee…
SNP would work with Sinn Fein and Plaid Cymru, says John Swinney
The First Minister said the prospect of three nationalist administrations in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast would mean the…
UK bill bans anyone born after 2008 from ever buying tobacco | Health News
People who are now 17 or younger will never be able to buy tobacco, according to the law…
UK bans a generation of children from smoking: How it works | Health News
The United Kingdom has passed a landmark law which will make it illegal for anyone born after 2008…
Stern warning: one man’s mission to clear the rotting boats poisoning Cornwall’s creeks | Cornwall
Steve Green, a boat engineer from Cornwall, was pulled over by the police just before Christmas. He was…
UK Government unveils payments innovation package to futureproof UK fintech
Source: HM Treasury The UK’s payments sector is to be equipped for the future of rapid financial innovation…
Greens and Reform UK both set to surge in London elections, poll shows – POLITICO
This could turn the capital’s boroughs into a “patchwork quilt” run by a mixture of established and insurgent…
What to Know About the U.K.’s Generational Smoking Ban
This may be the last year in the U.K. that an 18-year-old can, on their birthday, buy a…
Man charged over death of gran found injured on street
A man has been charged over the death of an 82-year-old grandmother in Glasgow. Emergency services were called…
Ships attacked as Trump extends Iran ceasefire
USS Abraham Lincoln conducts U.S. blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz on April 16, 2026. Handout…
Starmer to face MPs as loyalist minister declines to say that sacking Olly Robbins was fair – UK politics live | Politics
McFadden declines to say he thinks sacking Robbins was fair In an interview with Times Radio, Pat McFadden…