It is not mass immigration, but the professional activation of people who do not work and are not looking for work, that is the way to reduce Great Britain's public debt - argues in the "Daily Telegraph" prof. David Miles of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).more

New Year’s resolutions not gone quite to plan yet? Well, there’s another chance to turn over a new leaf as Chinese New Year arrives. Also known as the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival, Tet and Seollal, it’s the official start of the new lunar calendar, which means a chance to wipe the slate clean and start afresh for a more positive new year.more

The minimum unit price (MUP) for alcohol in Scotland is to be raised from 50p to 65p, it has been announced. Deputy First Minister Shona Robison announced the plan on Thursday in a statement to Holyrood. This means shops in Scotland will not be able to sell a bottle of wine for less than £6.09.more

Yesterday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak described as "completely ridiculous" the claims made by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson - including that the invasion of Ukraine was caused by NATO expansion.more

The Co-op is installing in its supermarkets more than 200 secure till kiosks, locked cabinets for bottles of spirits and AI technology to monitor self-checkouts after a 44% surge in retail crime last year to about 1,000 incidents a day.more

Weather warnings remain in place as snow and rain continue to fall across the UK. Yellow warnings for snow and ice are in force for much of Scotland through Friday and Saturday, with a chance of power cuts and travel disruption.more

A single person will need £31,300 a year for a moderate income in retirement, according to a pensions industry body. The rising cost of living and an expectation to offer financial support to grandchildren had pushed up the income required by £8,000, it said. The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) uses evidence from focus groups to make the estimates.more

Due to existing suspicions, British Home Secretary James Cleverly will investigate the conversion to Christianity of illegal immigrants accommodated on the barge "Bibby Stockholm", the British government said.more

There is no less consternation in Great Britain after the insensitive statement of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who, in the presence of the mother of a murdered transsexual teenager, accused the opposition leader of his inability to define what a woman is. The head of government refuses to apologize.more

The British opposition Labor Party yesterday withdrew from one of its flagship pre-election promises - allocating £28 billion annually to green investments. This is another case of British politicians making promises to fight climate change more realistic.more

The Afghan asylum seeker had been operating in Great Britain as a Russian spy for years, working for the British Foreign Office and probably also for the British secret services, The Times revealed.more

Men who take drugs for erectile dysfunction, such as Viagra, may reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests. In research on more than 260,000 men, those taking the drugs were 18% less likely to develop the dementia-causing condition.more

A few days ago, the world learned that King Charles was diagnosed with cancer. According to a person close to Prince Harry's family, quoted by the British media, he is "determined" to reconcile with his father before it is too late.more

British living standards will start to rise again this year but it will be 2027 before poorer households recover their pre-pandemic spending power, putting an onus on the next government to boost the country's slow economic growth, a think tank said.more

Hundreds of thousands of cancer patients in the UK are being forced to pay for private treatment amid record NHS waiting times, according to data obtained by the Guardian. The figures emerged as King Charles began treatment for the disease within days of being diagnosed. Buckingham Palace has not specified whether the king is receiving private healthcare or being treated on the National Health Semore

Londoners are the country’s most unhappy commuters with almost a quarter (24 per cent) saying they hate their journey to work, according to new research.more

Dentists who set up practice in areas of England with poor access to NHS care will be offered a £20,000 bonus. The government has also announced higher payments for dentists who take on new patients and teeth-cleaning in schools as part of a plan to expand levels of dental care.more

The construction of HS2 high-speed rail - the largest ongoing infrastructure investment in Europe - in its truncated version, namely from London to Birmingham, offers a very poor benefit-cost ratio, the Public Accounts Committee assessed in a report released yesterday.more

Britain said today that it will extend duty-free trade with Ukraine for almost all goods until 2029, ensuring Kiev will continue to enjoy favorable trade conditions after Russia's invasion.more

Due to King Charles III's cancer diagnosis, the weekly audience in which the monarch receives the prime minister will be held by phone rather than in person, Rishi Sunak's office announced yesterday.more

Due to Donald Trump's possible victory in the US presidential election, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is abandoning the idea of holding elections to the House of Commons in November and is leaning towards holding them in October, The Sun daily reported.more

While undergoing cancer treatment, Britain's King Charles III will spend most of his time at his country residence Sandringham in Norfolk, coming to London about once a week for treatment and to personally deal with state affairs, British media reported yesterday.more

The retirement age could rise to 71 by 2050 for middle-aged workers in the UK, according to experts. Research by the International Longevity Centre into the impact of growing life expectancy and falling birthrates on the state pension suggested the current UK retirement age would not be enough and that anyone born after April 1970 may have to work until they are 71 before claiming their pension.more

The extent of London’s health inequalities were laid bare on Monday as figures showed that men in the capital’s deprived boroughs live nearly two years less than they did a decade ago.more

Energy suppliers will soon have to pay customers £30 if they fail to complete their switch to another firm within five days. Ofgem said switching rates continued to increase each month, and it wanted to “empower” customers to take control of their energy bills.more