More Americans are now seeking UK citizenship. Three of them tell us why

Donald Trump’s re-election has made many in the US doubt whether the direction of their nation is for them. A record number of Americans are seeking UK citizenship, according to recent data.. In ...

The Guardian - Mar. 9

‘The only thing still working’: Russia and UK agreement to tend war graves transcends bitter international relations

Private understanding ensures tending of British military graves in Russia and Crimea, and Soviet graves in UK. In graves at Murmansk, Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok, in Russia, lie the bodies of 663 ...

The Guardian - 4d

Yields up, (long-dated) borrowing down?

A short-cut for UK debt issuance

Financial Times - Mar. 20

Trinidad and Tobago calls new UK visa requirement ‘disproportionate move’

Travellers from country now need visas with decision reportedly made in response to rising asylum claims. UK politics live – latest updates Trinidad and Tobago has described Britain’s new visa ...

The Guardian - Mar. 12

The UK’s gamble on solar geoengineering is like using aspirin for cancer | Raymond Pierrehumbert and Michael Mann

Injecting pollutants into the atmosphere to reflect the sun would be extremely dangerous, but the UK is funding field trials. Some years ago in the pages of the Guardian, we sounded the alarm ...

The Guardian - Mar. 12

UK economy shrinks in January; stocks and euro jump on German debt deal – as it happened

UK economy unexpectedly contracts by 0.1% in January in blow to the chancellor ahead of spring statement; Friedrich Merz declares: ‘Germany is back’. Let’s look at the GDP figures in more detail.. ...

The Guardian - Mar. 14

Ukraine war live: Putin response to peace plan ‘not good enough’, says UK, as international militaries prepare to meet in London

Representatives from numerous international militaries will meet in London on Thursday, says UK prime minister. Few resonant phrases are repeated in politics without a deliberate reason, and Keir ...

The Guardian - Mar. 15

Oxford historian faces deportation from UK after doing research on India … in India

Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for study. A high-achieving academic has been threatened with deportation from the UK because the Home Office ...

The Guardian - Mar. 16

Liz Kendall unveils UK benefits cuts set to leave many sick and disabled worse off

Welfare secretary announces changes aimed at cutting bill by up to £5bn in face of opposition from Labour MPs. UK politics live – latest updates Liz Kendall, the welfare secretary, has faced ...

The Guardian - Mar. 18

Next UK interest rate cut may not come until August after hawkish Bank of England hold – business live

Monetary Policy Committee votes 8-1 to leave UK interest rates unchanged at 4.5%. Bank of England says companies freezing hiring plans as it keeps interest rates on hold In the property ...

The Guardian - Mar. 20

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says

Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with drugs for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce. Drug shortages in the UK have risen to their worst level for four years, official ...

The Guardian - 6d

All UK families ‘to be worse off by 2030’ as poor bear the brunt, new data warns

Keir Starmer has been dealt a fresh blow to his living standards pledge in advance of the spring statement. . Living standards for all UK families are set to fall by 2030, with those on the lowest ...

The Guardian - 5d

IRS to pause modernization efforts under Trump

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is pausing the operational overhaul it started during the Biden administration and is set to make changes to its workforce, senior Treasury Department officials ...

The Hill - Mar. 14

2-year Treasury yield ends at lowest level in 6 months on recession talk

Bond yields dropped sharply on Monday after President Donald Trump over the weekend shrugged off the possibility that his policies would cause a U.S. recession.

MarketWatch - Mar. 10

Short-term Treasury yields remain near mid-October lows as investors await CPI report and more tariff talks

Bond yields ended higher Tuesday as investors monitored the tariff front, awaited a key inflation report out Wednesday and stayed on guard about a slowing U.S. economy.

MarketWatch - Mar. 11

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says 'people are overreacting a bit' to Trump's policies

Mnuchin, who served under Trump in the Republican's first term in office, said does not see signs of an imminent slowdown for the U.S. economy.

CNBC - Mar. 12

Treasury yields end higher for second day after CPI inflation data comes in cooler than expected

Bond yields closed with back-to-back gains Wednesday after the consumer-price index report for February came in cooler than Wall Street expected.

MarketWatch - Mar. 12

Treasury Secretary Bessent says he’s not concerned about the current stock market volatility

Bessent downplays signals of weak first-quarter economic growth

MarketWatch - Mar. 13

Treasury Secretary Bessent said the White House is focused on the 'real economy' and not concerned about 'a little' market volatility

essent said the administration is attentive to market moves, he predicted that both the economy and markets would prosper over time.

CNBC - Mar. 13

Treasury yields end higher Friday, but finish week largely unchanged ahead of Fed meeting

Bond yields ended higher Friday, but were nearly unchanged for the week, as traders awaited next week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting.

MarketWatch - Mar. 14

Treasury Secretary Bessent says White House is heading off a 'guaranteed' financial crisis

Bessent believes market pullbacks are benign, and Trump's pro-business policies will boost the economy in the long run.

CNBC - Mar. 17

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says corrections are 'healthy' and 'normal.' Jim Cramer disagrees

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday parsed recent market action.

CNBC - Mar. 17

2-year Treasury leads yields lower as Fed sticks with 2025-27 rate-cut forecast

U.S. government debt rallied on Wednesday, sending the policy-sensitive 2-year yield down by the most in more than a week, after Federal Reserve officials stuck with their expectations for ...

MarketWatch - Mar. 19

Former Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to join global advisory board for bond giant Pimco

Yellen, who also served as Federal Reserve chair, will serve on the board that meets several times a year.

CNBC - 1d

The UK’s academic recession is in full swing

This university crisis is a grim scrabble for numbers

Financial Times - Mar. 10

UK economy shrank unexpectedly in January

A slowdown in manufacturing was one of the main reasons for the dip, the Office for National Statistics says.

BBC News - Mar. 14

The UK’s cosiest pubs: the readers’ picks

Earlier this year we published a list of our favourite spots for a pint by the fire. Here are the places you’d like to add

Financial Times - Mar. 16

UK Athletics denies Paralympian's manslaughter

Abdullah Hayayei died after a metal cage fell on him during training at Newham Leisure Centre.

BBC News - Mar. 18

Santander to close a fifth of UK branches

Spanish lender will shut 95 of its 444 branches as it explores strategic options for British business

Financial Times - Mar. 19

UK issues travel warning for US

The United Kingdom updated its advice for travel to the United States on Thursday, warning of harsh consequences for British passport holders who violate U.S. immigration laws. The notice comes ...

The Hill - Mar. 20

UK races to avoid Trump tariffs

US wants Britain to drop its digital services tax, which affects big American companies

Financial Times - Mar. 21

UK government borrowing overshoots expectations

Official figures will add to pressure on chancellor as she prepares for Spring Statement next week

Financial Times - Mar. 21

Is the UK's warm spell over for now?

After the recent spring warmth, is the weather changing? Darren Bett has the answer.

BBC News - 6d

The UK chancellor’s fiscal holding operation

The government needs to make bold choices ahead of the autumn Budget

Financial Times - 1d

David Lammy says G7 considering further moves to pressure Russia into agreeing Ukraine ceasefire – UK politics live

‘We have more cards we can play,’ foreign secretary tells MPs as he says G7 foreign ministers found ‘common ground’ when meeting last week. The Reform UK press conference is about to start. There ...

The Guardian - Mar. 17