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Britain’s Reeves set to guarantee jobs for young unemployed

According to polling firm Ipsos, only 13 per cent of voters are satisfied with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer while 79 per cent are dissatisfied - the worst score of any prime minister since it started collecting data in 1977.
International

UK’s Starmer urges Labour party to unite for ‘fight of our lives’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has had meagre success in the government’s central mission of boosting economic growth and in recent months made a series of damaging U-turns.
International

UK government guts key welfare reforms to win vote after internal rebellion

epa12093301 Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves arrives ahead of a speech by the prime minister in Downing Street, London, Britain, 12 May 2025. The prime minister's speech announced some of the proposals contained in the Government’s Immigration White Paper. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN/POOL
International

IMF warns UK to keep budget in check or risk market revolt

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves' welfare reforms have become hugely divisive within Labour, which is traditionally the party of poverty reduction.
International

UK benefit cuts to cause more pain than gain: think tank

Reform UK’s predecessor, UKIP, also led by Farage, was the first party other than the Conservatives or Labour to win a UK national election in over 100 years since the Liberals.
Opinion & Features

Multi-party politics defines British elections this week

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
International

UK pledges to cut government spending waste

Haigh said in a letter to Starmer that she had told police she had lost a mobile phone during a “terrifying” mugging on a night out in 2013, only to discover later that the phone was still at her home.
International

UK transport minister quits in new blow to PM Starmer

epa11728881 British farmers drive tractors into Westminster in central London, Britain, 19 November 2024. Farmers are protesting over the changes to inheritance tax (IHT) rules announced in the recent budget by the Labour government which will introduce new taxes on farms worth more than 1 million GBP. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN
International

Thousands of British farmers protest against 'tractor tax' on inheritance

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves attends a conversation with U.K. CEO of GroupM Karen Blackett, at a fringe meeting during the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 23, 2024. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
International

UK business closures surge after budget hit to employers

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