Wes Streeting's ambition to head the British government was one of the worst-kept secrets in U.K. politics.

Britain’s government is in turmoil, and some see Andy Burnham as the one to save it.

Partial results from local elections in England show significant losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and gains for Reform UK.

British voters have cast ballots in local and regional elections that could determine the fate of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

British voters will cast ballots in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term.

Keir Starmer faces a key test as a special election threatens to deepen the UK Labour Party’s crisis and his own leadership troubles.

Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to the hard-right Reform UK party.

Joe Biden promised Europe that "America is back" early in his presidency, aiming to mend ties after Donald Trump's tenure.

President Donald Trump has intensified his anti-immigrant rhetoric, calling Somali immigrants in the U.S. “garbage” during a Cabinet meeting.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has defended his Treasury chief Rachel Reeves against claims she misled the public about government finances before last week's tax-hiking budget.

Britain’s Labour Party government is set to deliver a high-stakes budget aimed at fixing public finances and boosting economic growth.

The Conservative Party once dominated British politics, but is struggling to remain a force after being ousted in 2024.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gas accused hard-right politician Nigel Farage of crossing “a moral line” with his anti-immigtration stance.

Britain’s Treasury chief has warned that global challenges from wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, along with U.S. tariffs, have worsened the U.K.'s economic outlook.

Keir Starmer is facing challenges within his party less than 15 months after becoming Britain's prime minister.

Nigel Farage has made a bold pitch to his Reform UK party, echoing themes that helped Donald Trump rise to power.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed economist Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser.

The leader of Britain’s hard-right Reform party has pledged to leave the European Convention on Human Rights and detain and deport anyone who arrives in the country illegally.

The killing of three girls at a summer dance class in England a year ago Tuesday, by a teenager misidentified as a migrant, triggered days of street violence directed at newcomers and minorities.

The current and previous British governments are facing criticism over a secret program that resettled thousands of Afghans in the U.K. after the Taliban's return to power in 2021.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks a year in office this week, facing challenges from within his party and the public.

Britain’s government has pledged to make it mandatory to record the ethnicity and nationality of suspects accused of child sexual abuse and exploitation.

The British government has announced it will hold a national inquiry into organized child sexual abuse, something it has long been pressured to do by opposition politicians — and Elon Musk.

The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage has won a seat in Parliament and hundreds of councils in local elections across England.

Voters in many areas of England have gone to the polls in local elections.

Local elections in England this week are a key test for Nigel Farage.

Keir Starmer is heading to Brussels, becoming the first British prime minster to attend a European Union leaders’ meeting since the U.K. left the bloc five years ago.

Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters' message was often: “You’re fired.”.

British politician Nigel Farage says talks are underway about Elon Musk making a hefty donation to Farage’s party Reform U.K. The Times of London reported it could be as much as $100 million, which would be the largest political donation in U.K. history.

The British government says it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago, which is home to a strategically important military base, to Mauritius.

Six British lawmakers have entered the race to lead the defeated Conservative Party.

Britain's new prime minister, Keir Starmer, says he will lead a “government of service” on a mission of national renewal.

Labour leader Keir Starmer has officially become prime minister of the United Kingdom after his party won a landslide victory in a national election.

Anti-immigration British politician Nigel Farage has condemned a worker for his Reform UK party who suggested migrants crossing the English Channel in boats should be used for “target practice.”.

In the English coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea, many Conservative voters are considering switching to the anti-immigration Reform UK party in next week’s national election.

The U.K. general election is nearly two weeks away.

Most politicians try to avoid slips, stumbles and undignified photos.

With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune.

The two main contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister have sparred over tax, the cost of living and the country’s creaking health system in an inconclusive televised debate.

Pro-Brexit, anti-immigration campaigner Nigel Farage is returning to front-line British politics.

Britain’s political party leaders are crisscrossing the country on the first day of a six-week election campaign.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is urging voters to reject mainstream political parties in European Union elections in June for their failure of leadership.

Belgian police have shut down a gathering of far-right politicians and supporters, citing concerns about public order.

The chief executive of Coutts Bank has stepped down amid the furor surrounding populist politician Nigel Farage’s complaints that his account was closed because of his political views.

NatWest, one of Britain’s biggest banks, says its chief executive has left her job after discussing personal details of a client — the populist politician Nigel Farage — with a journalist.

The chief executive of U.K. bank NatWest Group has apologized to populist politician Nigel Farage after he complained that his bank account was shut down because the banking group didn’t agree with his political views.

Leading Republicans spent much of the first three days at a conservative political gathering avoiding Donald Trump’s chief grievances or ignoring him altogether.

British broadcasting veteran Andrew Neil has stepped down as chairman of GB News, just three months after he launched it amid great fanfare and an ambition to provide an alternative to an alleged “metropolitan elite” bias among the established news channels.

British lawmakers say they found “shocking conditions” at a facility for people arriving in England on small boats.

A British news channel that launched as a right-leaning alternative to the BBC and Sky News has recruited populist politician Nigel Farage as a presenter.

Five years ago Wednesday, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s unsettled relationship with its European neighbors, but it most certainly did not.

He's known throughout most of Europe as Mr. Brexit, but not so well known at home in France.

If Johnson cannot expel enough EU fishing boats from U.K. waters, a no-deal Brexit would surely ensue, creating chaos and costs for all and ruin for some. The French, Britain's fiercest political rival for access to U.K. waters, know about symbolism — and timing — too. As well as France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and Denmark are among those directly implicated by the potential closing off of U.K. waters. Deas said he expected there to be protests from disgruntled EU fishermen — especially French ones — if there is a deal that sees quotas reduced. Most agree Boulogne would be a prime target because so much U.K. fish is exported through there, and a blockade is relatively easy to achieve.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a party rally, as part of General Election campaign trail, in Ilford, Essex, England, Wednesday, Nov. 13,2019. Britain goes to the polls on Dec. 12. Britains envoy to Brussels, Tim Barrow, sent a letter to EU headquarters informing them of Londons decision. But the commissions incoming president has twice written to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding that someone be named. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage made the comments Thursday, the final day for candidates to register for the Dec. 12 poll.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks during a party rally, as part of General Election campaign trail, in Ilford, Essex, England, Wednesday, Nov. 13,2019. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)Britain's Brexit Party has rejected an electoral pact with the ruling Conservatives, saying it will field 300 candidates in next month's election to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to deliver on promises of a clean break with the European Union. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage made the comments Thursday, the final day for candidates to register for the Dec. 12 poll. Farage has told the BBC his party had forced Johnson to promise to change direction. What we now have to do is to hold him to account to make sure we get a proper Brexit, and that's my job.The Daily Telegraph reported that Farage rejected a Conservative offer to put up only token opposition in 40 key seats if the Brexit Party would stand aside in other constituencies.

Hartlepool has elected lawmakers from the left-of-center Labour Party for more than half a century. The 2016 referendum on Britain's EU membership split the country into two camps: leavers and remainers. It would also, according to most economists, leave the country poorer, by imposing barriers to business with the EU, Britain's biggest trading partner. Hartlepool, where the Brexit Party controls the town council, is the party's top target in the election. "The Brexit Party seem to think they can come here with some southern billionaire candidate and just waltz into the place," Hill said.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a campaign rally in Pontypool, Wales, Friday Nov. 8, 2019. Britain's Brexit split with Europe is one of the main issues as the country goes to the polls in a General Election on Dec. 12. Farage says the party will not run in 317 Conservative-held seats so it does not split the pro-Brexit vote. The announcement marks a major shift in the party's strategy for the Dec, 12 election, since last week Farage said the party would run in 600 seats. Farage has been under huge pressure from Brexit supporters not to run candidates in seats where there is a risk of splitting the Brexit vote.