R EFORM UK, the right-wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, won just five of the 650 seats in Britain’s parliament in last year’s elections. Yet it has since become the country’s best-polling party,

The former chairwoman of the UK's equality watchdog has questioned the decision of an employment tribunal in the case of a Scottish nurse who objected to a transgender doctor using a female changing room. Nurse Sandie Peggie won a claim for harassment against NHS Fife but other allegations of discrimination and victimisation were dismissed.

Britain will strengthen its trade defences by handing its business secretary the power to direct rapid investigations into unfair practices under new rules designed to deal with rising global protectionism,

Modelling by independent body Neso forecasts sharp fall in expenditure from 10% of GDP as shift to renewables continues

In a letter sent to Shell before the claim was filed at court, the legal team for the survivors says the case is being brought before the UK courts as that is where Shell is domiciled – but that it will apply the law of the Philippines as that is where the damage occurred.

The British public's expectations for inflation inched lower in November, according to a Bank of England survey published on Friday. The public's median expectation for the rate of inflation in the year ahead fell to 3.

The Labour MP who introduced the UK assisted dying bill has criticised the “very slow” progress of the legislation through the House of Lords, amid broader concerns that parliament’s upper chamber is acting as a brake on the government’s agenda.

Google has announced plans to team up with the UK to invite researchers to come up with uses for the tech giant's state-of-the-art quantum chip Willow. It is one of several firms competing to develop a powerful quantum computer - which is seen as an exciting new frontier in the future of computing.

The biggest individual gainer on the FTSE 100 this morning is Fresnillo, with shares in the precious metals miner up as much as 6.2% at a fresh record. Its gain for the year is now just shy of 400%. It’s joined by an 8.2% rise on peer Hochschild’s shares, and a gain of more than 3% for Endeavour Mining.