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Former UK spy Fraser Cameron is reportedly placed under investigation by Belgian authorities for allegedly selling sensitive information to Chinese spies posing as journalists.
2020-09-19

The British government renationalises the Virgin Trains East Coast-operated East Coast Main Line. The Department for Transport will run the rail service until 2020.
2018-05-16

In the United Kingdom, the unelected House of Lords, Parliament’s upper house, delays by three years reductions in tax credits paid to working people that would have cost affected families an average of £1,300 ($2,000) a year. This is the first major setback for George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, since the general election. Osborne said the government will "lessen" the impact of tax credit cuts for those affected, while vowing to press on with changes designed to save billions from welfare.
2015-10-26

Joaquin's eastward turn away from the United States could send the storm across the Atlantic Ocean toward the United Kingdom. Current weather models predict Joaquin, powered by the jet stream, will reach the British Isles on the October 10th weekend.
2015-10-3

Thein Sein, the President of Burma (Myanmar) visits the United Kingdom.
2013-07-15

The grandmother of murdered teen Tia Sharp will not face charges in the UK.
2012-12-7

A torture case related to the 1950s Mau Mau uprising is allowed to proceed in a British court.
2012-10-5

In the United Kingdom, Home Secretary Theresa May announces plans to split the UK Border Agency into two separate organisations after revelations that hundreds of thousands of people were let into the country without appropriate checks.
2012-02-20

Value added tax in the United Kingdom is increased from 17.5% to 20%, its highest ever rate.
2011-01-4

The United Kingdom plans to reduce or eliminate international aid to countries such as the "powerhouses" of Russia and China, as well as South American and eastern European countries. The government plans aid increases to some poorer nations including a 40% increase to Afghanistan.
2010-07-18