UK government talks tough on immigration -- again

Her proposal (before it was dramatically ditched) to cut taxes for top income earners, stems from a belief that such moves will encourage innovation and investment.

For many of her Tory critics, Truss is already drinking in the last-chance saloon just a month into her premiership.

A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would get to the truth, and expose any wrongdoing or culpable conduct.

Ben van Beurden, who leaves Shell at the end of this year, was addressing the Energy Intelligence Forum industry gathering.

British Prime Minister Liz Truss had hoped her governing Conservative Party's annual conference would be her crowning glory, but instead she was forced into a humiliating U-turn that has left her, and her team, fighting for credibility.

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss defended her contentious plan to kick-start economic growth through tax cuts, despite expectations Tuesday of a second damaging U-turn.

British interior minister Suella Braverman will set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum, a government source said.

Liz Truss: how to understand polls that give Labour an enormous lead – and why the Tories are right to fear a major election loss

Rishi Sunak, Truss's defeated rival for the party leadership, and her scandal-tainted predecessor Boris Johnson are among many senior MPs staying away from the conference in Birmingham.

With the U-turn, the stakes have soared for Truss as she prepares to close the party conference with a keynote speech on Wednesday.

Charles III's office appeared to distance itself from the incendiary newspaper report, insisting the king had sought Truss's advice.

The certificate released by the National Records of Scotland shows her death was registered on September 16 by the queen's only daughter, Princess Anne.

Nearly 400 staff at BBC World Service will lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting programme and move to digital platforms.

Truss defended her economic plans by saying that her bigger game plan is to "incentivise businesses to invest."

Prince Mohammed, who turned 37 last month, has been first in line to succeed his father as king since 2017.

Labour leader Keir Starmer will argue Tuesday he is ready to lead Britain out of economic crisis.

Keir Starmer, leader of Britain's Labour Party, on Sunday pledged to reverse the abolition of the top rate of income tax, saying tax cuts for the wealthy wouldn't create economic growth as he made a pitch for power at his party's annual conference.

The UK had in 2019 called a halt to fracking -- or hydraulic fracturing which is used to release hydrocarbons locked deep underground -- due to fears it could trigger earthquakes.

Britain on Wednesday announced a six-month plan to pay about half of energy bills for businesses.

British politics returns to centre stage on Tuesday after the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, with Prime Minister Liz Truss signalling her priorities by flying to her first major summit and rushing out measures to try to avert an economic slump.

Just a week after Queen Elizabeth asked Liz Truss to form a government, Britain's new prime minister is attending services of reflection across the country with King Charles, determined to strike the right tone in her first days in power.

A doctor explained what King Charles III's "red and swollen" fingers say about his health.

Fears grew on Thursday for Queen Elizabeth II after Buckingham Palace said her doctors were "concerned" for her health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision.

Queen Elizabeth II is unwell in her Balmoral home and is under medical supervision.

Coffey was appointed health secretary by Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier this week.

Larry, the cat adopted by 10 Downing Street, seems to be the only constant in a place where everything changes every minute.

The 96-year-old monarch, who is currently on her traditional summer retreat at Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands, has been dogged by problems walking and standing since last year, forcing her to cancel a series of public engagements.

Britain's new Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday readied the final details of a plan to tackle soaring energy bills, which looks likely to cool inflation but add more than 100 billion pounds ($115 billion) to the country's borrowing.

New British Prime Minister Liz Truss and her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng look set to revive Margaret Thatcher's 1980s experiment in "trickle-down" low-tax economics, the results of which have been disputed ever since.