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Most feel financially secure but think UK’s economy is worsening, as chancellor plans welfare cuts in spring statement

The remarkable find offers insights about the wealth and power dynamics of 1st century Britain

What can Indian and Pakistani press archives, government records and memoirs tell us about the Middle East of the 1920s and ’30s, when Britain’s empire was in its twilight years? What did the dissolution of the Ottoman empire, the movement for Egyptian independence, or the crisis in British Mandate Palestine…

An Iraqi man has managed to avoid being deported from the UK after claiming a people smuggler tossed his ID and forced him to get rid of his phone while on his way to Britain.

Britain's Labour government will deliver a highly anticipated fiscal update on Wednesday, with finance minister Rachel Reeves expected to detail billions of pounds of spending cuts to address the country's struggling economy.

Rhyl – once dubbed ‘Blackpool after a neutron bomb’ – hopes to improve its reputation

Reports suggest cuts in Great Britain would include removing ‘duplication’ of teams, as well job losses at HS2

For years, nature has been blamed as a blocker of economic growth. After some ministerial bluster about not letting newts and bats get in the way of growth ambitions, the UK government released more details of its plans to get Britain building again.

The fire's impact raised concerns about the resilience of Britain's energy system to accident, natural disaster or attack.