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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak announces that he plans to increase the United Kingdom's defence budget to 2.5% of its GDP by 2030, totaling around £85 billion.
2024-04-23

A court in the United Kingdom rules that the High Court of Justice has no jurisdiction over a lawsuit presented by a creditor against Cuba and Cuba's Central Bank over unpaid loans from the 1980s.
2023-04-4

Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices.
2022-08-17

Wisconsin reports their first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 that originated in the United Kingdom.
2021-01-13

The United Kingdom reports 4,322 new cases in the last 24 hours which taking the nationwide total at 385,936, the highest daily total since May 8.
2020-09-18

European Union negotiator Michel Barnier says a future trade deal is possible only if the United Kingdom "abides by EU standards". British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK would not be bound by EU rules in any post-Brexit agreement.
2020-02-3

HSBC announces plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the United Kingdom, one-sixth of its U.K. workforce, via "natural attrition" as it restructures its banking business. A total of 25,000 jobs could be axed globally.
2015-06-9

UK Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove confirms that plans to replace the General Certificate of Secondary Education with a new English Baccalaureate qualification have been abandoned.
2013-02-7

The United Nations says more cocaine is consumed in Scotland than any other country in the world, not the first time this has happened. The country also consumes more heroin than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.
2011-06-23

Members of the United Kingdom Labour Party start voting in the leadership election with the candidates being Diane Abbott, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham.
2010-09-1