Guess Who’s Back: A Trump Ally and Brexiteer Disrupts the U.K., Again
With his populist, anti-immigration campaign, Nigel Farage is once more shaking up Britain’s politics. Can he finally win a seat in the national Parliament?
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With his populist, anti-immigration campaign, Nigel Farage is once more shaking up Britain’s politics. Can he finally win a seat in the national Parliament?
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Many young people in the northern English cities of Liverpool and Manchester say they feel disillusioned by politics.
By Megan Specia
The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.
By David E. Sanger and Anton Troianovski
The debates between contenders to be U.K. prime minister showed that Britain’s political culture, and the leaders who have emerged from it, are far removed from those across the ocean.
By Mark Landler
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denounced a slur used against him by a man campaigning for Reform U.K., the anti-immigration party led by Nigel Farage.
By Stephen Castle
The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement it?
By Alex Marshall
The embattled Conservative Party is embroiled in investigations over whether some of its own staff members used insider knowledge to bet on the timing of the general election.
By Rory Smith
The British monarch is constitutionally barred from any role in politics. But experts say that Charles and the leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, have much in common.
By Mark Landler
The governing party’s director of campaigning has taken a leave of absence after reports his wife, a Conservative candidate, was being investigated by Britain’s gambling regulator.
By Stephen Castle
After more than a decade of deep budget cuts, slow growth and weak productivity, the country has struggled to overcome years of uncertainty and underinvestment.
By Eshe Nelson
The Group of 7 gathers major industrialized countries, but its leaders are politically weak and Ukraine and Gaza remain unsolved.
By Mark Landler and Steven Erlanger
In Turkey, India and elsewhere, where some feared authoritarian leaders would consolidate power, democracy has proved surprisingly resilient.
By Mark Landler
The accusation from China came a few weeks after Britain charged three men with assisting Hong Kong’s intelligence service.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu
The number of Indians abroad is small relative to the country’s population. Indian political parties want their support anyway.
By John Yoon
British voters are fed up with the Tories, and a change election seems inevitable. But Labour does not seem poised to capitalize on the moment.
By David Wallace-Wells
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Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers have resettled in the U.K. since 2021, among them prominent pro-democracy activists. China has not forgotten them.
By Megan Specia
The opposition Labour Party has been ahead in most polls by double digits in recent months.
By Mark Landler
Matthew Trickett, one of three men accused of gathering information for the special administrative region of China, died in a park outside London, the police said.
By Megan Specia
A nearly six-year inquiry found that the deaths of about 3,000 people and the infection of more than 30,000 others could have mostly been avoided.
By Aurelien Breeden
Sometimes, even as the far right rises, the center holds.
By Amanda Taub
Mr. Khan defeated a right-wing rival who focused on crime and cars, his victory another ominous sign for Britain’s ruling Conservatives ahead of a general election.
By Stephen Castle
After 14 years of Conservative government, Britain’s voters appear hungry for change. And Prime Minister Rishi Sunak seems unable to persuade them otherwise.
By Mark Landler
The scale of the losses suffered by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s party sent an ominous message about its chances in an upcoming general election.
By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
Ben Houchen, a regional mayor in the north of England, faces a close re-election race, partly thanks to the broader troubles of Britain’s Conservative Party.
By Stephen Castle
The Irish government said it was drafting emergency legislation to return asylum seekers to Britain, after seeing a surge of people leaving there for sanctuary in Ireland.
By Mark Landler
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Mr. Yousaf, the leader of the Scottish National Party, announced that he was stepping down, days after the collapse of his coalition government.
By Stephen Castle
For the tens of thousands of asylum seekers in Britain, a new law brings the possibility of deportation to central Africa closer. We asked how it was affecting them.
By Megan Specia and Emma Bubola
The power-sharing agreement between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Green Party ended abruptly on Thursday, marking a fresh period of turmoil for the S.N.P.
By Stephen Castle
Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
She has seen the deep state up close and knows what needs to be done.
By Tanya Gold
After Britain’s next election, David Lammy is likely to be foreign secretary. He’s setting out a “progressive realist” policy — and forging ties on the U.S. right, just in case.
By Mark Landler
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and his counterparts, who met on the Italian island of Capri, welcomed signs that tensions between Iran and Israel might not worsen.
By Michael Crowley
The U.K. government hoped to pass a bill this week, two years after the plan was first unveiled, in an effort to override a ruling by Britain’s highest court.
By Megan Specia
American officials sought to reassure the U.K. about Julian Assange’s treatment should the former WikiLeaks founder, who has been indicted by the U.S., be sent there.
By Megan Specia
Israel’s restless allies have voiced anger over the death toll in Gaza, but when their archnemesis launched a missile barrage, they set it aside. At least for the moment.
By Mark Landler
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Photos of Britain’s prime minister wearing Adidas Sambas briefly united a nation.
By Elizabeth Paton
When Britain cut back a planned high-speed rail line, some residents on the route were pleased. They’re less delighted with what happened next.
By Stephen Castle
Mr. Donaldson resigned as party leader on Friday after being charged with non-recent sexual offenses.
By Ed O’Loughlin
Jeffrey Donaldson, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and a backer of strong ties with the U.K., has resigned after being arrested on Thursday.
By Stephen Castle
A human rights committee that examined a range of concerns called on Britain to abandon its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
By Nick Cumming-Bruce
In “Age of Revolutions,” the CNN host promises to shed light on four centuries of social upheavals and to offer insights on the global fractures of the present.
By Tim Wu
The British government believes China has overseen two separate hacking campaigns, including one that yielded information from 40 million voters.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
Born into English wealth and Oxford-educated, she left it all behind for a life of radical and often violent activism.
By Clay Risen
Shows hosted by former politicians from opposing parties are offering a sense of civility in a polarized country.
By Desiree Ibekwe
Mr. Gething, 50, was narrowly elected leader of Wales’s governing Labour Party this week, and then was elected first minister by the Senedd, or Welsh Parliament.
By Sopan Deb
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The government’s contentious Rwanda policy, which has been championed by the prime minister, has prompted a rebellion in Britain’s unelected second chamber.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
The government said it would use a new legal definition of extremism to blacklist certain groups from public funding or engagement.
By Stephen Castle
A roughly $1 billion bid from the former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and his Emirati backers raised concerns among lawmakers over a storied conservative newspaper.
By Michael M. Grynbaum and Mark Landler
Frank Hester, the leading supporter of Britain’s Conservative Party, is accused of making the comments about Diane Abbott, a well-known lawmaker.
By Stephen Castle
The veteran Conservative Party lawmaker, whose time as leader was plagued by Brexit turmoil, said she would step down after 27 years in Parliament.
By Stephen Castle
A meeting between the British foreign secretary, David Cameron, and an Israeli minister, Benny Gantz, carried more weight than usual, analysts said, and stressed the frustration of Israel’s allies.
By Mark Landler
As the Mideast conflict reverberates through British politics, the politician with a history of inflammatory statements about Israel won a special election in northern England.
By Stephen Castle
Voters are going to the polls in a district near Manchester to choose a new member of Parliament, and the leading candidate is a fedora-wearing leftist firebrand.
By Stephen Castle
The United States and several European nations have been caught up in toxic debates that have altered election campaigns and led to eruptions of inflammatory language over the conflict.
By Mark Landler
The government wants more nuclear plants to help tackle climate change, but delays and soaring costs are complicating the effort.
By Stanley Reed
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The international police organization has toughened oversight of its protocols, which autocrats have used to pursue dissidents. But the autocrats have adapted.
By Jane Bradley
With a general election looming, the Conservatives’ loss of two seats in Britain’s Parliament probably won’t be enough to cause another party coup.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
The loss of two seats came as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deals with a shrinking economy and discontent over a crisis gripping the country’s health system.
By Stephen Castle and Mark Landler
A British general whose specialty was counterinsurgency, he was accused of using unduly hard-edge tactics against Irish Republican forces during the era known as the Troubles.
By Clay Risen
The party has a large lead in the polls but recent missteps have led to questions about the management skills of its leader, Keir Starmer.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
He made strides to end the sectarian violence that plagued Northern Ireland through the 1990s by collaborating with both Britain and the Irish Republican Army.
By Alan Cowell
A deal bringing disaffected unionists back into the government in Belfast has left Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with one less thing to worry about.
By Mark Landler
The idea of a first minister who supports closer ties to the Republic of Ireland — let alone one from Sinn Fein, a party with historic ties to the Irish Republican Army — was once unthinkable. On Saturday, it became reality.
By Megan Specia
For the first time, a Sinn Fein politician will serve as first minister.
By Stephen Castle
Four years after Britain officially left the E.U., the U.K. government on Wednesday published the details of a deal to restore the power-sharing government in Belfast.
By Stephen Castle
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The Democratic Unionist Party said it had agreed a deal to return to power-sharing after negotiating with the British government.
By Stephen Castle
In the latest setback to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda policy, the upper house of the British Parliament voted to delay a crucial treaty with the African country.
By Stephen Castle
The biggest challenge to Britain’s prime minister comes from his own divided party, which is triggering resignations and a mutiny over immigration.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
The Ministry of State Security says the consultant collected intelligence and found people on behalf of MI6, Britain’s spy agency.
By Daisuke Wakabayashi
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that voters will go to the polls in the fall, around the time that the United States will be in the midst of its own pivotal vote.
By Mark Landler
The power grid can’t keep up with demand for connections, and local planning authorities can block new construction for years. Overcoming these roadblocks has gained essential support.
By Eshe Nelson
An “integrated care center” brings doctors, physiotherapists, social workers and pharmacists under one roof. It won’t solve Britain’s underlying social care crisis — but it could help.
By Megan Specia
The activist, Tony Chung, was imprisoned after advocating for the territory’s independence. Even after his release, he said, his situation remained oppressive.
By Chris Buckley
Boris Johnson called the use of imperial measurements “an ancient liberty” and pledged to bring them back after Brexit. The public didn’t want that, so the government settled for pint-size wine.
By Claire Moses
Serving as the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans in an increasingly secular world is just one of the challenges for Justin Welby. He also had a king to crown and immigration policy to condemn.
By Mark Landler
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Having written about an inflection point for the British monarchy, the royals chronicler is at a crossroads in his own career.
By Elisabeth Egan
In seeking to override the U.K.’s highest court, Rishi Sunak’s government is following other nations in a trend that can damage democracy, experts say.
By Amanda Taub
The British prime minister’s contentious proposal to send asylum seekers to the African country moved forward a step, but it still faces potential stumbling blocks before becoming law.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
The British prime minister faced a test of his authority as he sought to protect his flagship immigration policy from threats within his divided party.
By Stephen Castle
The wife of the Labour leader Neil Kinnock, she carved her own leftist identity with a seat in the European Parliament and as a British government minister.
By Alan Cowell
The prime minister testified at an official inquiry into the Covid pandemic on Monday while also defending a flagship immigration policy from rebels in his own party.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
With millions-long lines for routine surgery, it has become more common for patients to pay for procedures. That carries risks for the future of the treasured public system.
By Stephen Castle
A former speaker of the U.S. House and the British prime minister have struggled to corral the extreme right factions of their parties.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
The government said a group linked to Russia’s intelligence service carried out sustained operations to undermine trust in Britain’s political system.
By Adam Satariano, Megan Specia and Glenn Thrush
The N.H.S. is one of Britain’s proudest achievements, and it’s unraveling.
By Adam Westbrook
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Britain’s prime minister unveiled emergency legislation to salvage a highly contested scheme to deport asylum seekers to the African country. It wasn’t enough for his immigration minister.
By Stephen Castle and Abdi Latif Dahir
The former prime minister said his government had initially underestimated the coronavirus. But he insisted that he and his aides had done the best they could at the time.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
Britain’s former prime minister will face tough questions when he testifies this week before an official inquiry into the pandemic.
By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle
As the government’s chief financial cabinet member, he helped stave off a broader economic collapse amid the global turmoil set off in 2008
By Alan Cowell
After Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for the British Museum to return the Parthenon marbles, his British counterpart abruptly called off their meeting.
By Alex Marshall, Mark Landler and Niki Kitsantonis
The governing Conservative Party has long promised to reduce arrivals. It said Brexit would help. But the numbers in 2022 were the highest ever.
By Stephen Castle
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