With a general election looming in 2024, the subject of gender ideology has become controversial. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has emphasized his belief in biological sex, putting him in opposition to the leader of the Labour Party who has said that “99.9 percent of women do not have a penis” as Br...

A report published by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) found that “no evidence could be presented” to prove medical-grade face masks protected vulnerable people from COVID. The study investigated whether so-called high quality masks such as N95, KN95 and FFP2 coverings helped protect vulnerable...

U.K. inflation unexpectedly jumped in February, as food and energy bills continued to rise, placing further pressure on households. The consumer price index (CPI) increased by an annual 10.4%, above the 9.9% consensus forecast among economists in a Refinitiv poll and up from 10.1% in January. On a m...

Frustrated with England's education system, Simon Biltcliffe spends a lot of time training new hires at his marketing firm in the "soft skills" he and many employers say the country's sluggish economy badly needs. Finding that new starters often struggle to think on their feet, he sets them workplac...

The UK’s largest oil and gas producer, Harbour Energy, is cutting investments and jobs after the new windfall tax on the industry sapped nearly all of its 2022 profits. Harbour Energy’s profits last year were $2.5 billion, pre-tax, but after taxes, the company was left with just an $8 million profit...

The UK government has stressed that it is “not compulsory” to wear a mask while ill, though it has been “longstanding advice” from health authorities. It comes after Professor Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), issued advice on Jan. 2 saying adults should ...

From long-deceased artists and their iconic much-loved historical fiction works, to language initiatives set up, for example, in Stanford University to ostensibly weed out from the school’s websites and computer code words deemed "racist, violent, and biased," the so-called ‘cancel culture’ continu...

Relations between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family have remained tense since the bombshell interview Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle had with Oprah Winfrey in 2021. In their first appearance since they quit their royal duties, the couple, in particular, accused a royal of makin...

The United Kingdom will face one of the longest recession and weakest recovery among G7 countries throughout 2023 due to long-term inflationary effects of the pandemic and conflict in Ukraine, the US media reported, citing leading UK economists. According to economists interviewed by the media, the...

The UK government has announced it will follow other countries by requiring travellers from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test from early next year. From Jan. 5, people flying from mainland China to England will be asked to take a pre-departure test taken no more than two days prior to depart...

The UK is in the midst of a year-long recession that could prove to be worse than that experienced in the early 90s. High inflation and a tight labour market will force the Bank of England to raise interest rates from 3 percent currently to around 4.5 percent early next year. Households’ disposable...

The British Royal Marines have carried out high-risk special operations on the ground in Ukraine, according to the former head of the elite unit, who said UK commandos have been deployed to the country on more than one occasion this year. Writing in the Royal Navy’s official magazine, the Globe and ...