The Latest Breaking News from Britain

Estate agent Hamptons estimates rise of 10.2% year-on-year means people paid record £85bn in rent this year

Across Britain, the average asking price for a home coming on the market fell by 1.9% or £6,966 in cash terms this month, Rightmove said.

House prices in the capital have fallen another 0.9 per cent since last month as sellers try to attract buyers

The home secretary’s mother was a foreign-born NHS worker. Now he is making it harder for people in her situation to stay in Britain

Pen Vogler’s second history of British food lives up to its title with a banquet of fascinating titbits, deep research and intellectual nourishment

Britain is not alone in its tawdry deal with Rwanda. The EU, the US and Australia are all exploiting nations that can’t afford to say no

The prime minister has staked all on migration policies that will do nothing for Britain or the Tory’s electoral fortunes

Britain must pressure Israel to halt the theft of land in the West Bank. Settlers are killing hopes for a two-state solution and Sunak’s government does nothing, writes shadow foreign secretary David Lammy

Dozens of alleged human rights abusers around the world face new sanctions Friday under a coordinated action by the United States, Britain and Canada to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there were none. Neither did it resemble the cold custard-style dessert that Americans…

The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU