The Latest Breaking News from United Kingdom

Friday briefing: Can the politics of cruelty around asylum help Labour in the polls?

In today’s newsletter: Labour’s new framework marks a decisive shift in how the UK treats people granted protection​ and expos​es tensions between electoral strategy, public service pressures and the party’s historic commitments to human rights

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?

The news that healthy life expectancy is in decline in Britain exposes a serious truth about the state we’re in, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and writers without permission

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6

Iran war enters seventh day as first Government flight brings Britons home

More than 140,000 Britons have registered their presence in the Middle East with the Foreign Office and 4,000 have returned home so far.

Evening Standard · Mar 6

Inside UK’s first remote robotic surgery as surgeon operates on prostate cancer patient 2,400km away

A surgeon in London performed the operation on Paul Buxton, a 62-year-old based in Gibraltar

The Independent UK · Mar 6

Look Mum No Computer, the UK’s Eurovision 2026 contestant, unveils his song: ‘A real banger’

Electronic musician is hoping to win over fans with his Britpop and Eighties synth-influenced track

The Independent UK · Mar 6

John Lewis to expand insurance business after becoming broker

John Lewis Money has become an insurance broker, regulated and authorised by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.

Evening Standard · Mar 6

‘No evidence ADHD is overdiagnosed in the UK’

A team of experts have said the condition could even be underdiagnosed.

Evening Standard · Mar 6

UK data watchdog writes to Meta over ‘concerning’ claims intimate footage filmed on smart glasses viewed by outsourced workers

Outsourced workers who are training the glasses’ AI claim they have been asked to watch videos of people having sex or on the toilet, it has been reported

The Independent UK · Mar 5

Donald Trump renews attack on Sir Keir Starmer as UK sends more Typhoon fighter jets to Gulf

Donald Trump said Starmer should be cooperating fully with the US military action and that he had been ‘disappointed’ by his response

Evening Standard · Mar 5