The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Labor is under fire after reports claimed the UK is preparing to hand the EU courts fresh power over meat and dairy imports.

Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10

NEWS ANALYSIS: Vice-president JD Vance has said there is a ‘good chance’ a deal could be reached soon, but what are the red lines, and will it mean Britain can avoid tariffs? Alicja Hagopian, David Maddox and Archie Mitchell explain

Letters: Euan G Nisbet suggests a way the UK steel industry could be saved and become a world leader. Plus letters from others responding to the crisis at Chinese-owned British Steel

The UK led international calls, today, Tuesday, for an urgent end to the war in Sudan, as London hosted a high-level conference marking two years since the conflict began. Britain pledged an additional £120 million (137 million euros) in humanitarian aid, warning that Sudan is now facing the worst humanitarian…

The U_K_ government says that it has bought enough raw materials to keep Britain’s last steelmaking blast furnaces operating for the “coming weeks.”

Journalist Joel Budd travels around Britain demolishing Brexit myths in a nuanced study of a social group too often reduced to a cartoon by politicians

FOOD FOCUS: From a shipping container to supermarket shelves, Nick Vadasz – aka The Picklesman – has taken kimchi, sauerkraut and more from the margins to the mainstream. Now, with his debut cookbook, he wants you to make your own, says Ella Walker

Beijing warns Britain to treat its firms fairly risk future investment

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Keir Starmer has been swift to recognise the dangers – and to put measures in place to protect British industry

Britain’s steel story demands strategy, not just nostalgia – and a future that’s fair for all