TAG: Westminster bubble
Rishi Sunak appears to rule out spring UK election
LONDON — Rishi Sunak said his “working assumption” is that he won’t call a U.K. general election unt...
8 months ago
UK Budget 2024: All the highlights
LONDON — Jeremy Hunt rolled the pre-election dice Wednesday.The U.K. chancellor delivered a budget full of measures aimed at boosting Britain's sluggish growth and reversing his party's electoral fortunes. In doing so, he parked a fair few tanks on the op...
6 months ago
How a group of elderly Swiss women could take the UK out of the European Court
LONDON — In politics, timing is everything. And the European Court of Human Rights’ shock ruling on climate targets this week could hardly have been more explosive for a British political landscape already gripped by election fever. In a landmark ruling T...
6 months ago
Labour plots radical shake-up at heart of British government
LONDON — The nerve center of the British government is in line for a major overhaul, under plans for a huge cost-saving drive potentially affecting thousands of officials’ jobs. The Cabinet Office, which supports the work of the prime minister and his top...
2 months ago
Liz Truss: Things would be better if I was still in charge
LONDON — Real Liz Truss-ism has never been tried.That’s the verdict of Liz Truss, Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, who launched a robust defense Monday of the economic plan that precipitated U.K. market chaos and prompted her ouster from office...
3 weeks ago