He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang on Thursday, before heading to Shanghai on Friday for talks with local executives, as the government attempts to reboot the UK’s relationship with China. Over 50 British business and cultural leaders have also made the trip, including representatives from HSBC, GSK, Jaguar Land Rover…
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 09:19 GMT, 20 January 2026 | Updated: 09:26 GMT, 20 January 2026 Ministers are poised to give the go-ahead for China‘s new ‘mega-embassy’ in London today despite security fears. The government is expected to sign off the plans for the London site this morning, despite furious opposition from…
Labour is facing “fierce battles” to retain control in at least 12 London boroughs at the May local elections, says a leading pollster. Lord Hayward expects Sir Keir Starmer’s party to have a “torrid time” as it seeks to defend more than 1,150 seats out of just over 1,800 up for grabs in London. Now,…
BEIJING (AP) — A leader of the Canadian government is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild his country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States, its neighbor and until recently one of its most supportive and…
The Government has condemned an activist’s “abhorrent” social media posts, which have sparked a backlash following his return to the UK from detention in Egypt. Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian dual national, was detained in Egypt in September 2019. In December 2021, he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of spreading false…
Plans for a new nationwide UK digital ID are sparking widespread public concern, but some critics including far-right politicians are fuelling fears with unproven claims that it will be used to boost government control over people’s lives. They warn that digital ID will be used to store data on vaccinations and carbon footprint and limit…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met British counterpart Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Brazilian President Lula da Silva and several other world leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit here and discussed issues of bilateral and mutual interests. “It was wonderful meeting Prime Minister Keir Starmer in…
A soft-spoken young woman pulls a large suitcase up Mount Street to the International Protection Office in Dublin city centre, her final stop on a long journey from South Africa through Britain to seek asylum in Ireland as a refugee. “I’ve heard that compared to the UK it’s better here, and that over there the…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit China at the end of January, Sky News reported on Thursday, in what would be the first visit to the country by a British leader in seven years. Starmer’s Labour government has made improved relations with Beijing a priority as it seeks foreign investment to make good on…
Tuesday 18 November 2025 1:01 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email Dubai has been a popular destination for brain drain quitters of UK Fears that the UK is in the grips of a ‘brain drain’ escalated on Tuesday after…