UK’s former Conservative Party leadership candidate Robert Jenrick became the biggest-name defector to Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK on Thursday, saying the nation was broken and its two mainstream political parties rotten. Sacked by the Conservatives when his potential switch was leaked, Jenrick appeared alongside Farage at a press conference, the latest of 21 current

The UK’s FTSE benchmark index closed at a record high on Thursday after upbeat data underscored the economy’s resilience, while a strong earnings run boosted financials. The blue-chip FTSE 100 closed up 0.56% at 10,245.99 points. The domestically focused mid-cap index added 1.4%, touching a four-year high. UK’s economy grew 0.3% in November, its fastest

Greensill Bank, a subsidiary of collapsed finance firm Greensill Capital, is suing UK’s business department for just over 330 million pounds ($441.7 million) after it cancelled guarantees for COVID-19 business loans, court documents showed. The administrators of the German-based bank sued the UK Department of Business and Trade (DBT) last year after the government terminated

LONDON—Britain’s Prince Harry, singer Elton John, and five other high-profile figures’ privacy lawsuits against the Daily Mail begin in earnest on Monday with the start of a trial at the High Court in London. Prince Harry, King Charles’ younger son and the Duke of Sussex, music legend Elton John, John’s husband David Furnish, actors Liz

Santa Monica Studio has released a new update for God of War Ragnarok on PS5, marking the first patch for the game in nearly a year. Since its launch in 2022, the studio has occasionally rolled out updates, most notably the 2023 Valhalla update and last year’s Anniversary patch. After the Anniversary patch, many fans