The Latest Breaking News from UK Government

Scrapping windfall tax on oil and gas is ‘utterly essential’, Swinney insists

The Scottish First Minister spoke out ahead of a meeting between Chancellor Rachel Reeves and North Sea leaders.

Evening Standard · Mar 4

More Britons to return from Middle East as airlines boost flights

The UK Government has said it will charter a repatriation flight from Oman ‘in the coming days’.

Evening Standard · Mar 4

Finance Minister: Stormont’s £390m boost recognises NI public service strains

John O’Dowd said the Executive would use the additional funding ‘wisely’ but it also serves as a ‘recognition of the pressures this Executive faces’.

Evening Standard · Mar 3

New Zealand joins Australia in backing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's removal from line of succession

Spokesman for PM Christopher Luxon: ‘If the UK Government proposes to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the order of succession, New Zealand would support it’

Evening Standard · Feb 23

Demonstrators march through London in protest against Iranian regime

The protest lasted for just under five hours.

The Independent UK · Feb 21

Ed Davey challenges Keir Starmer to sue Donald Trump over tariffs

The Liberal Democrats leader issued the challenge at the Scottish Liberal Democrats conference in Edinburgh.

Evening Standard · Feb 21

Grieving father calls for Scotland to pursue driving licence reform

Alan Knox launched his campaign following the death of his son, Lewis, who was among three teenagers from Lochaber who died in a collision on the A830

The Independent UK · Feb 16

Frustration at ‘continuing delay’ over public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s death

Mr Finucane’s widow Geraldine was speaking on the 37th anniversary of his murder by loyalist terrorists.

Evening Standard · Feb 12

British couple held in Iran for 400 days are ‘starving and suffering medical neglect’ behind bars son warns

Joe Bennett has been urging the British government to do more to help his parents trapped in a grisly Iranian prison

The Independent UK · Feb 11

‘Obliterating tradition’ or branding tweak? Row erupts as Starmer govt drops ‘His Majesty’ from official communications

A political row has erupted in the United Kingdom after Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government adopted a new logo bearing “UK Government” branding as the primary identity for public-facing communications, replacing the previously standard “HM Government”, short for “His Majesty’s Government”.

The Times of India · Feb 11