The UK government is facing a revolt from its own backbenchers over plans to curb trial by jury, in a further blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s leadership.

A fall in base rate is usually mirrored in mortgage rates, as base rate is the rate charged by the Bank of England (BoE) to smaller banks and building societies to borrow money. It is also the rate of interest the BoE pays to commercial banks, building societies and financial institutions that hold money with it.

A new offence looks to build on existing rules outlawing sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse.

The new head of Britain’s foreign intelligence service MI6 has warned the nation in her first public speech that the UK is “now operating in a space between peace and war” and “the front line is everywhere,

Rules introduced last year by the previous Conservative government require employers to pay overseas workers an hourly rate set at the UK median for their specific occupation — as well as clearing a general salary threshold of £41,700 that applies in all occupations.

British car production fell 1.7% in November to 63,126 units, industry data showed on Friday, as output recovered from a cyber incident at Jaguar Land Rover and new electric vehicle production in Sunderland pointed to growth next year.

Christian Turner will become Britain’s next ambassador to the US, putting an end to the three-month wait for a permanent successor to Peter Mandelson.

Reform UK threw a Christmas party last weekend, and they had more to celebrate than just the festive season. A few days earlier the party pulled off a surprise victory in a council by-election in the ward of Whitburn and Blackburn in West Lothian. This was their first ever win in Scotland.

British consumer confidence and spending is muted heading into Christmas and the government's budget last month did little to help, the boss of electricals retailer Currys said on Thursday.