Latest UK News

• Cuts to front-line services inevitable without a budget - Long May 21, 2026
  The executive has failed to reach a final agreement on the draft budget which was published in January.
• Scotland's benefits bill not too high, new deputy FM says May 21, 2026
  Jenny Gilruth, who has also been named as finance secretary, says she "makes no apology" for the country's welfare system.
• London bus driver dies after assault on bridge May 21, 2026
  Sergei Krajev, 64, was a "wonderful husband, father, and grandfather", his family said.
• UK agrees £3.7bn trade deal with six Gulf states May 21, 2026
  The deal will remove an estimated £580m worth of tariffs from British exports, but rights groups are critical