Work and pensions secretary says Benefits crackdown will save ยฃ5bn by 2030 but disability charities say cuts are โimmoralโ. This live blog is closedQ: Why have you changed your mind on this?Badenoch says she has not changed her mind. As a member of the…
The government’s rivals are circling after tax hikes burned the bridges that Rachel Reeves had painstakingly built before the election.
Britain may have left the EU, but when it comes to keeping our continent safe, Europe cannot afford to be less than the sum of our parts.
Russia has pushed Europe into a quasi-Keynesian approach to the defence budget. Only Britain insists on cutting help to the sick to pay for securityAs the president of the US provokes trade and economic chaos at home and abroad, an American tells a Bri…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africaโs ambassador to the U.S. is a โrace-baiting politicianโ who is no longer welcome in the country โ the latest sign of tension between the Trump administration and the African nation. Rubio declared that Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool is persona non grata in a social media post [โฆ]
Post-Brexit deal means EU tariffs would apply, putting the region at a disadvantage if UK wins US tariff exemption
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has expelled one of the party’s five MPs, Rupert Lowe, from his ranks, claiming to be the victim of a witch-hunt. Elon Musk has repeatedly called for Lowe to take Farage’s place.
Exclusive: Officials explore restricting incentive to allocate greater funds to farms with less money and more natureThe richest farmers will not be able to apply for post-Brexit nature funding under plans for England being considered the Department fo…
Food and Drink Federation say businesses are struggling to deal with added โcomplexity and bureaucracyโBritish food and drink exports to the EU have tumbled by more than a third since Brexit, according to new trade body figures highlighting how bureauc…
His predecessor, Anastasia Colosimo, is expected to join the private sector.
Keir Starmerโs not the only one to take potshots at government officials.
A flurry of crucial policy reviews on areas that could define the U.K. prime minister’s government are coming due. POLITICO has you covered.
The U.K. prime minister and his top security adviser worked intensively to rescue the broken relationship between Kyiv and Washington, drafting a truce plan that might one day pave the way for peace.
Mark Carney led the Bank of England for seven years, his term spanning Britain’s referendum to leave the EU, the years of torturous negotiations with Brussels, and its final departure.
Reform UK leader’s falling-out with a fellow MP is the latest in a long list of quarrels with allies.
Heโs an unlikely pin-up for electoral reform campaigners โ but a 2029 surge thatโs not matched by House of Commons seats could see Farage turn up the heat on a “rigged” system.
The former central banker used his leadership victory speech to warn Canadians that Donald Trump wants to โdestroy our way of life.โ
MP Rupert Lowe openly criticized the party leader, followed by allegations against him that led to his suspension.
Mark Carney, Canadaโs likely next prime minister, continues to be held in high regard across the Atlantic, where he spent the better part of the last decade.
Exclusive: union umbrella body calls for new cooperation agreement ahead of Keir Starmerโs reset talks with BrusselsThe UK should forge much closer ties with Europe amid an increasingly โvolatile and unpredictableโ global economy, Britainโs biggest tra…
Trumpโs abandonment of Ukraine has led even Farage to praise Starmerโs lead role in European diplomacyBarely a day passes, it seems, without Keir Starmer talking to another European leader or preparing for a continental summit. The crisis over Ukraine …
Miatta Fahnbulleh, left-wing-economist-turned Labour minister, has been tasked with cutting Brits’ energy bills. But convincing the Treasury to budge makes it a mammoth task.
Tariffs from any side could create a fresh Brexit headache for traders in the sensitive region.
Bruising times for center-left parties have U.K. Labour looking abroad for inspiration.
The British prime minister has had a shaky start at home โ but is winning grudging praise for his response to Trumpโs Ukraine pivot.
Keir Starmer won praise for taking the UK โback to the heart of Europeโ at the weekend, but will it be a long-term move?Britain is back. That was the concise verdict of Elรฉonore Caroit, the vice-chair of the French national assemblyโs foreign affairs c…
US president claims admission that Europe needs US help to deter Russia โnot great in terms of a show of strengthโ. This live blog is closedAs Jakub Krupa and Martin Belam report on our Europe live blog, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, is floati…
Inside the months of quiet, grinding preparation that went into the British prime minister’s all-smiles first trip to the Trump White House โ and why it could all still unravel.
Opposition leaders threaten to paralyze parliament if pro-government independents gain speaking rights and committee chairs at their expense.
Keir Starmer and Donald Trump will likely be all smiles during their meeting Thursday โ but a frosty encounter between the two nations’ leaders isn’t unusual.
The U.K.’s ruling Labour Party has a 103-year winning streak in Wales, but that could end next May. POLITICO talked to officials, politicians and disillusioned steelworkers to track the rapid rise of Farage’s Reform UK.
The PM will not and should not pick a fight with the president. But it is his duty to go there upholding British and European valuesDay by day another vast hole opens up beneath what was once solid. The man who is on course to become Germanyโs next cha…
Nathan Gill represented UKIP and later the Brexit Party in the European Parliament from 2014 until the UK left the EU in January 2020.
The UK leader has been advised to choose his words carefully at this weekโs crucial White House meetingโข Keir Starmer lays down Ukraine peace demand ahead of Trump talksWhen Keir Starmer is advised on how to handle his crucial meeting with Donald Trump…
Call for investigation into unfair payment for labourers on seasonal visa scheme When 26-year-old Ben* boarded a flight in Uzbekistan in June, he was looking forward to more than just a summer job picking fruit and vegetables on a British farm.โI wante…
Exclusive: Lack of understanding by โprogressive activistsโ of other voting blocs has led to rise of far right, authors argueUK politics live โ latest updatesLeftwing activists in Britain are less likely to work with their political opponents than othe…
The centrist Lib Dems hope standing up to the U.S. president will shore up support from progressive Brits.
A recent analysis of Europeโs CO2 storage market reports an integrated EU-UK CO2 storage market could dramatically lower costs for carbon capture and storage development. So why isnโt it happening?
London mayor tells meeting of ambassadors that mobility scheme would benefit young people and economySadiq Khan has told EU diplomats Brexit was a mistake and called on the UK government to be bold as it looks to strengthen ties with the bloc, arguing …
Firms want review of decision to remove architecture from shortage occupation list and raise salary thresholdArchitecture firms are calling on the home secretary, Yvette Cooper, to urgently review the post-Brexit visa salary rules, claiming they are ch…
The Reform leader and Kemi Badenoch have struck the wrong alliances at the wrong time. Ukrainian sovereignty is a cause close to rightwing heartsTiming is everything in politics. So when the leader of the opposition realised she was due to be making a …
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
Value of imports and exports is now about โฌ32bn, with chemical sector among those hit by Brexit red tapeTrade between Great Britain and Ireland dropped more than โฌ6bn in 2024 as post-Brexit frictions hit shipments across the Irish Sea.The value of impo…
End of โde minimisโ policy for Chinese goods also expected to hit bigger fashion retailers such as Asos and BoohooMany UK-based independent sellers on marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon could suffer a significant hit to US sales from planned changes …
America is in retreat from its underappreciated good works around the world. Europe needs to act โ and Brexit only hinders this essential responseIn July 1817, Lord Amherst, the leader of a British delegation to China, stopped on his return journey at …
Industry lobbies for requirements on reporting of transactions in financial markets to be slimmed down
The next German government’s response could be political, legal, or possibly target Musk’s gigafactory near Berlin, center-right leader says in interview.
Britain used to lead the world on international development. But in the era of right-wing populists, its Labour government is now treading carefully.
Jan-Hendrik Seelow, Dutch
Council for Refugees*
*The Dutch Council for Refugees has
closely worked with the applicantโs counsel to support the case from the
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In this episode, host Giada Santana talks to Euractiv’s news editor Owen Morgan and Brexit expert Joรซl Reland about the future of EU-UK relations.
Sir Keir Starmer wants to “reset” relations with the EU, but he may find it easier to strike a deal with Donald Trump.
Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
The former U.K. prime minister has quietly been meeting Labour’s new MPs โ and he’s not the only Blairite who’s at it.
With member states keen to link quotas to any deal, Antรณnio Costa says defence and fisheries โare different thingsโThe EU will not let the question of fishing rights derail a pact with the UK on security and defence, the president of the European Counc…
Keir Starmer is treading a fine line as he avoids picking sides between the EU and US. But with Donald Trump saying he wants to โtake overโ Gaza and threatening to impose tariffs on the EU, can the prime minister really keep both on side? John Harris a…
The Tory leader went for the government on the Chagos Islands and oil drilling โ but didn’t hone an effective argument.
Five years after Brexit came into force, tensions are mounting in Calais between French lorry drivers and the British authorities. Some companies are threatening to stop delivering to the other side of the border, while others fear they’ll soon be out…
The offer comes as Ottawa remains in the White Houseโs crosshairs.
With Trump back in the White House, politicians on both sides of the Channel need to acknowledge the urgency of closer tiesFive years since leaving the European Union, Britain is still negotiating Brexit. This time next year, Britain will still be nego…
Nigel Farageโs party more popular than Labour government and Conservative opposition
U.S. president’s shake-up of the security apparatus has complicated scrutiny of controversial British deal over Diego Garcia military base.
Sir Keir Starmerโs caution has yet to persuade voters, while discontent fuels a resurgent right that thrives by boosting anti-immigrant, climate-sceptic viewsOver the past 15 years, British politics has been defined by the tension between ideals and pr…
The U.S. president hinted heโll spare Britain from his trade war, while hammering the EU. But as Nigel Farage surges in the polls, Keir Starmer isnโt safe from Brexit yet.
The British prime minister’s office confirmed the visit in a statement on Tuesday.
Priti Patel accuses Keir Starmer of being motivated by โleftie shameโ at Britainโs historyNigel Farage has said the UK could be โfriendlyโ with the EU but did not outline what kind of ties with the bloc his party would support, PA Media reports. PA say…
Former British prime ministers sign up to offer their wisdom at the Washington Speakers Bureau.
EU leaders trade minister meet in Warsaw as bloc continues to work handle challenges US president presentsObviously, the meeting between Frederiksen and Starmer comes on the back of the UK prime ministerโs attendance at an EU leadersโ summit last night…
Sky Newsโ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโs Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Overnight, Donald Trump decided to pause tariffs on Canada and Mexico but pressed ahead with imposing them on China. Theyโve retaliated by putting tariffs on American gas, coal, oil and farming equipment. But what will the [โฆ]
European Council President Antรณnio Costa said the summit would focus on devising โthe closest relationship it will be possible to build together.โ
PM says UK does not have to choose between Europe and US, before meeting EU leaders in BrusselsStarmerโs EU dinner date a big moment in tightrope actKeir Starmer has said he wants an โambitious security partnershipโ with the EU, while insisting the UK …
Domestically and on the world stage, the PM faces a series of challenges as he seeks to reset post-Brexit relationsKeir Starmer says he wants โambitious security partnershipโ with EUWhichever way you slice it, Keir Starmerโs invitation to dinner in Bru…
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey discuss Keir Starmerโs trip to Brussels this week, as he attempts a post-Brexit reset. But how risky is seeking closer ties with the EU when Donald Trump is threatening a trade war? Continue reading…
Prime minister says both US and Europe are important to UK as he holds press conference with Nato secretary general Mark RutteKeir Starmerโs dinner with EU leaders tonight will take place at the Palais dโEgmont, a 16th-century palace where Ted Heath si…
Sky Newsโ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politicoโs Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. Donald Trump has been speaking about Keir Starmer and tariffs overnight โ announcing the UK would stay tariff-free โfor nowโ, hours before our PM heads to Brussels as the first UK leader to attend an EU [โฆ]
Keir Starmer visits Brussels as UK and EU gear for talks on โresetโ in post-Brexit relations
EU officials and diplomats believe improvements to the cross-channel relationship are possible, and still happening โ but slowly.
Britain blindsided the European Union just before Trump took office by parking a host of banking reforms โ and directly pointing to uncertainty in the US.
They join politicians from Rishi Sunak to Emmanuel Macron in putting their best feet forward.
Possible security pact overshadowed by need to settle EU-UK dispute over fishing rightsKeir Starmerโs hopes for a defence and security pact risk being stalled over fishing rights, as he heads to Brussels for the first post-Brexit meeting of its kind on…
Home secretary rules out return to full union with bloc as Keir Starmer prepares for talks in Brussels this weekKeir Starmer will seek to improve customs arrangements with Europe without returning to a full union with the bloc, the home secretary has s…
Former Labour leader says government should show greater willingness to work with blocLabour needs to end its โcycle of hesitationโ over Europe and press ahead with an ambitious new relationship with the European Union, the partyโs former leader Neil K…
Rachel Reeves is all for growth; her party and the country needs it. But still we hear nothing about the most obvious solutionโฆIn 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote a satirical book, It Canโt Happen Here, about a lying demagogue, Buzz Windrip, who rises to pow…
Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votesFar-right parties could become the largest force on the right in Europe within a decade, experts have said, as mainstream conservative p…
New safety regulations have led SMEs to stop sales to bloc and Northern Ireland while they work out how to complySmall businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December wh…
Britain’s prime minister is seemingly always overseas, and some allies wish heโd delegate more of the diplomatic grind โ just as his predecessor did.
This is not the first time that the UK and the EU have expressed their readiness for a “reset” in relations. But now, five years after Britain left the European Union, there appears to be more momentum for making a reset happen, particularly with US P…
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Brexit has remained a divisive force in Britain ever since the 2016 referendum was announced. For Brexit supporters, the UK is now a sovereign nation in charge of its own destiny. For opponents, Britain has become an isolated and diminished country. N…
Five years after we left the EU, people are still paying the price. Weโre ready to work with Westminster to forge closer bonds with EuropeJohn Swinney is the first minister of ScotlandThe pantomime season may be over, but when it comes to the governmen…
Five years ago, the U.K. officially left the bloc after almost five decades of membership that had brought free movement and free trade between Britain and 27 other European countries. For Brexit supporters, the U.K. was now a sovereign nation in char…
General secretary highlights โlegacy of 14 years of falling living standards under the ToriesโIn an article for the Guardian, the Labour MP Clive Lewis said Rachel Reevesโ growth speech this week means the party has abandoned its pre-election green com…
Exclusive: Officials admitted in 2023 there were โno current border checksโ, as salmonella and other illnesses surgedUK health bosses privately admitted that a lack of border inspections in the wake of Brexit had left British consumers exposed to disea…
Five years of Brexit: Is the United Kingdom better off?
Sir Keir Starmerโs โresetโ with the EU could reduce friction and improve relations for some sectors of society
A new tax system means higher prices for some of the U.K.’s favorite tipples.
Donald Tusk was leader of the European Council from 2014 to 2019 during tense Brexit negotiations.
In this edition of Entre Nous, we take a look at how British people feel about Brexit, five years after the UK officially left the EU. We also discuss the challenges many Brits abroad now face, particularly those with second homes. Finally, we get to …
Reform UK has started tying green policies to grimly high energy bills โ and some government MPs are getting nervous.
From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
Prime minister faced MPs in Commons after chancellor backed runway expansion at HeathrowReeves says the supply side of the economy has been held back.Politicians have lacked the courage to confront the factors holding back growth.They have accepted the…
