A first anniversary in office is normally a moment for a leader to celebrate, but Britain's Rishi Sunak hits the milestone this week with a mountain to climb to retain power in a general election expected next year.

In September, the Government announced a £500 million grant for Port Talbot's steelworks, to keep the plant open and produce steel in a greener way.

Scottish nationalist leader Humza Yousaf pledged Tuesday to use Britain's next general election to push for independence, even if his party loses several seats as expected.

The figures show that between June and August of this year, wages rose at an annual rate of 7.8 per cent, higher than average inflation over the same three months.

In his speech, Sunak underscored the imperative of addressing these events directly, labelling them as a "pogrom".

The inquiry follows a complaint made to the independent body by a former member of staff over alleged behaviour, which took place between 2012 and 2013.

Tens of thousands of people rallied Saturday in London and other UK cities at pro-Palestinian demonstrations, amid police warnings that anyone showing support for the militant group Hamas could face arrest.

UK Foreign Secretary landed in Israel on Wednesday to meet Israeli leaders and the people affected by the Hamas attack on Israel amidst concerns about stranded British nationals.

In a coordinated effort, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, representing the Quint international organization, released the statement.

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Police in Britain arrested an activist heckler who scattered glitter Tuesday on opposition leader Keir Starmer as he began to deliver a keynote speech at his Labour party's annual conference.

Rachel Reeves was in the limelight in Liverpool, described as the would-be "first female Chancellor ever in Britain", and also the "best qualified".

Starmer claimed the government was exploiting the country's problems rather than solving them, and appealed to disillusioned Conservative voters to join Labour.

The meeting comes with the centre-left party enjoying double-digit leads in most opinion polls and seemingly on the cusp of returning to power.

Cheery, expectant, yet uncomplacent: Britain's Labour activists were in buoyant mood at the party's annual gathering Monday as they sense a return to power in an election expected next year.

The UK government on Monday insisted that Rwanda is an appropriate place to deport failed asylum seekers, as it tried to overturn a court ruling that the policy is unlawful.

For Labour, the by-election represented an important battleground ahead of the next UK general election, with the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer declaring it a "seismic" night and that people in Rutherglen and Hamilton West had sent "a clear message".

Rishi Sunak earned a much-needed standing ovation from Conservative die-hards gathered in Manchester, as he used his first party conference as their leader to pitch his vision for Britain's long-term future.

Sunak declared that this move would save 36 billion pounds, which he would reinvest in hundreds of other transport schemes across the country.

Interior minister Suella Braverman warned Tuesday that Britain faces a "hurricane" of immigration, as she doubled down on her hardline rhetoric at the Conservative party's annual conference.

Hints of axing the Birmingham-Manchester line have invited wide-ranging wrath that has overshadowed the Tory conference. Official confirmation is still pending.

Batting away concerns about his authority, Sunak insisted he was "just getting on" with the job and "delivering" on his long-term policy plans.

Liz Truss has been ushered back into the limelight after increasing her popularity in parliament with the support of 60 Tory MPs.

Britain's grassroots Conservatives braving national railway strikes and the Manchester rain to attend their party's annual conference appeared pragmatic Monday about the electoral realities they face.

"We're giving over two million workers a wage boost worth over £1,000," the Conservative Party announced today after revealing plans to punish the 'workshy' benefit claimants.

After Trump called for shop thieves and migrants to be shot, President Biden declared that the Republican Party threatens democracy in the US.

Britain's ruling Conservatives opened their annual conference Sunday, with the party's chairman conceding they were "the underdogs" heading into a general election expected next year amid widespread economic woes.

Suella Braverman faces criticism for neglecting the protection of LGBTQ+ asylum seekers and promising that the deportation flights to Rwanda will go ahead.

Labour leader Keir Starmer said the challenges around the world "are too great" and that the "important, special relationship" between the UK and the US must be maintained.

While London has the highest number of estates subject to the tax, regions such as Sussex, the Cotswolds, and areas around Birmingham are expected to have the highest number of taxable estates per 100,000 residences.