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Matthew BrookerBloomberg |
Britain's water system was largely built in Victorian times and has been modernized only in parts. The country would need to stump up perhaps £190...
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves left behind turmoil in financial markets to travel to Beijing in pursuit of growth drivers for the...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer stood for election on a platform of fixing the country’s ailing National Health Service, a taxpayer-funded system...
Take a trip round the Mira Technology Park and you may find reports of the British car industry’s impending doom exaggerated. The zone in the...
The walk from Abbey Wood underground station to Britain’s second-largest sewage works leads past Southmere Lake, an artificial body of water...
Britain’s developers may be in for a good year — bats, newts and other threatened species such as NIMBYs, not so much. The planning overhaul...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's attempts to reset relations with China aren't getting any easier. Beijing's revived plan for a mega-embassy...
Disturb a delicate ecosystem at your peril, particularly if it involves tractors. The UK’s five-month-old Labour government is unlikely to emerge...
The British version of The Kardashians was never likely to be a lowbrow festival of bling like the original. That doesn’t mean that Meet the Rees-...
China’s high-speed rail network is a marvel of modern engineering. At close to 30,000 miles (48,000 kilometers) and rising, it has also saddled the...
Call it a creative challenge. How do you transplant a festival that grew out of the alternative, counterculture vibe of a medium-sized Texan city...
As Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announces billions of pounds of spending on hospitals, schools, transport and energy, the animated...
The dysfunction in Britain’s housing market is plain to see. The country has a deficit of perhaps 4 million homes, yet development is often...
The writing has been on the wall (or the blackboard) for a while. UK university tuition fees for domestic students are poised to increase for the...
To diagnose why Britain is persistently unable to build enough homes, power plants, railways and other infrastructure, start on the banks of the...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a US businessman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of an English football team. Houston-...
Keir Starmer could work on his bedside manner. “Reform or die” was the headline message from Britain’s prime minister on the National Health...
Public inquiries are a valuable tool for democracies to address major catastrophes and failures, a transparent process that enables facts to be...
Hollywood loves a happy ending, preferably after a few twists and turns along the way. The British version has another chance to write its own...
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says things will get worse before they get better. Anyone who doubts that needs only to take a look at the state of...
Every country has its national myths and idiosyncrasies. These play an essential role in creating a collective consciousness and sense of shared...
Every good horror movie deserves a sequel. Four years ago, Britain’s government caused panic and dread when it proposed a new formula for...
It’s a familiar sight in Britain: An elected official standing up to cancel investment projects on the grounds that they are unaffordable, poor...
Britain’s prisons are so full that the government plans to release thousands of inmates early — but you can always find a bit of extra space if you...