The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Chagos deal cost is ‘going rate for best defensive real estate’, says ex-FO boss

The UK has agreed to pay Mauritius at least £120 million a year to lease back the Diego Garcia base post-handover.

Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025

How the UK became dependent on asylum hotels

Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s pledge to “end the costly use of asylum hotels in this parliament” is a rare thing in British politics: a policy supported by all major political parties and a range of refugee charities.

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2025

Voices: If AI kills off entry-level jobs, can the City survive?

COMMENT : Artificial intelligence has wiped out more than a quarter of all graduate, intern and junior positions in Britain’s financial sector – but the long-term consequences could be a death knell for a sector that traditionally teaches its new intake the skills needed to last an entire career, says…

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025

Britain’s ‘medieval’ health inequality is devastating NHS, experts say

Exclusive: Health service estimated to be spending £50bn a year on effects of deprivation and child poverty

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2025

The guys are dressed as good ol’ boys and the girls have gone full Cowgirl. What is it about Zach Bryan that has convinced the youth of Britain to lose their cynical minds?

Zach Bryan at Hyde Park: 20-somethings sing along with his songs about death, trauma and loss, like they are party anthems

Louder · Jun 29, 2025

Zara Aleena’s aunt warns ‘women are not safe’ in Britain on anniversary of law graduate’s murder

Zara Aleena was sexually assaulted and murdered on her way home in East London three years ago

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2025

Britain’s ‘Queen of Soul’ Mica Paris says Britain is failing young Black musicians

Exclusive: The singer and actress claims black British artists are being sidelined by commercial radio

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2025

Palestine Action is part of Britain’s proud history of protest. Proscribing it is an assault on democracy

Through decades of anti-racist campaigning, I have seen that peaceful, direct action can be the only way to get results, says campaigner Suresh Grover

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2025

Britain’s teenage trio ready to show a glimpse of the future at Wimbledon

Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic and Mimi Xu will all make their debuts in the women’s singles.

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2025

Labour could find the money it wants without raising taxes. This is austerity by amnesia

Starmer and Reeves need a fresh approach to enact their vision, and I have a plan for that, says Randeep Ramesh, the Guardian’s chief leader writer

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2025