The Bank of England ditched its plan to sell some of its holdings of long-term bonds next week, after U.S. Treasuries led a rout in the global government bond market. Stock markets have taken a hit since President Trump announced steep tariffs on dozens of countries, but the turmoil also swept into the bond market…
Andrew Tate, the online influencer known for his misogynistic views, has been accused of raping two women and threatening one of them with a gun, in a claim filed in Britain’s High Court. The accusations are part of a civil suit filed by the two women, and two others, last June against Mr. Tate. The…
Britain became a byword for self-inflicted economic harm and instability after Brexit and former Prime Minister Liz Truss’s calamitous tax cuts. But now, the country sees an opportunity to serve as a haven from the trade war that is rattling markets and the global economy. Last week, President Trump limited the U.S. tariffs on Britain…
“Saturday Night Live” is coming to Britain. A British version of NBC’s late-night comedy sketch show is set to premiere next year on Sky, the broadcaster announced on Thursday. The new edition of the program will have Lorne Michaels, the show’s creator, as executive producer and will feature “a star-studded lineup of hosts.” The familiar…
A major Western leader announces an unorthodox economic policy, panicking the financial markets, driving down the country’s currency and fueling a blizzard of warnings about the dire long-term consequences. President Trump did all this with his across-the-board tariffs, announced last week, but before him, there was Liz Truss, Britain’s former prime minister, with her rollout…
On Tuesday, England’s Court of Appeal will begin two days of hearings on Prince Harry’s legal case over the withdrawal of publicly financed security for his family during their visits to the U.K. After Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, announced they were stepping down from their royal roles and leaving Britain in 2020, an…
Final example, which was probably the most devastating of all, was when I ran to be prime minister against Boris Johnson. I imagined that whatever else the British would do, they would not vote for Boris Johnson, this kind of extraordinary buffoonish character who was essentially a television celebrity and a joke. My whole view…
Britain and Israel traded sharp criticisms this weekend after Israel blocked two British lawmakers from entering the country and sent them back to London. The members of Parliament, Abtisam Mohamed and Yuan Yang, both of whom belong to the governing center-left Labour Party, said in a joint statement on Sunday that they had been “astounded”…
The mischievous posters began appearing all over London in the past two months. On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them shows Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, emerging from a Tesla’s roof with his hand pointing upward in a straight-armed salute. “Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds,” the…
Jaguar Land Rover, the British luxury automaker, said on Saturday that it was pausing shipments to the United States in April, days after President Trump’s auto tariffs went into effect. The company, which makes luxury cars that include Jaguars, Defenders and Range Rovers, does not have manufacturing facilities in the United States and exports all…