The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

UK labour market is changing as inflation squeezes real pay

Workforce has shrunk amid rising long-term sickness and it appears unemployment is growing again

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2022

5 hotels in Skegness being used to 'house asylum seekers'

Asylum seekers have been thought to have been housed in three hotels in Skegness for around 10 months

Nottingham Post · Nov 15, 2022

UK Government orders five more warships to be built in Scotland

THE UK Government has confirmed it will order the construction of five more British warships, which are to be built on the Clyde.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 15, 2022

Rishi Sunak blasts 'security threat' China and could send more weapons to Taiwan

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak branded China the “biggest state-based threat to our economic security” at the G20 summit in Indonesia - adding 'we stand ready to support Taiwan'

Daily Mirror · Nov 15, 2022

Putin should have come to face us, Rishi Sunak tells G20 as he urges Russia to end 'barbaric' war Ukraine

PM says ending the war in Ukraine would make the 'single biggest difference' to world affairs

Manchester Evening News · Nov 15, 2022

Jobs boost for Scottish shipbuilding as five more Type 26 frigates to be built on the Clyde

The deal between the UK Government and BAE Systems will support 1,700 jobs across the Govan and Scotstoun shipyards over the next decade.

Daily Record · Nov 15, 2022

FTSE 100 Live: Jobs market holds firm, pound reclaims $1.20, strike action toll revealed

The UK’s jobs market continues to show resilience after a smaller-than-expected rise in the claimant count figure for October.

Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2022

Rate of unemployment in the UK has risen to 3.6%

The biggest driver behind the fall came from hospitality, followed by retailing and wholesaling

Wales Online · Nov 15, 2022

UK unemployment rises to 3.6 per cent as recession looms

Half a million working days were lost to strikes in August and September, the ONS said

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Hopes and costs are high for UK's nuclear energy future

Sites like the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant have become integral to the U.K. government’s “net zero” by 2050 strategy

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022