James Francis Whitehead

Strike leaves UK’s bankrupt Birmingham swimming in garbage The nation's second-biggest city faces a particular burden, but it's just one of the municipalities struggling to stay afloat, with rising costs leading to higher taxes and slashed services.

A monthslong garbage strike has left trash piling up in Birmingham, England, as leaders struggle to reach a settlement in a city facing deep financial woes
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As prices soar and demand sizzles, UK scrutinizes foreign buyers, second homes The government is pledging to build more than a million new units, but those plans may not be enough to help people struggling to afford the average $500,000 price tag.

As prices soar and demand sizzles, UK scrutinizes foreign buyers, second homes
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From tea trays to Jaguars, tariffs upend UK exports Prime Minister Keir Starmer is eyeing using a Big Tech tax as leverage while keeping retaliatory tariffs in reserve if a deal with the U.S. doesn't come through.

From tea trays to Jaguars, tariffs upend UK exports

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Tougher UK parole rules won’t stop Ireland from extraditing IRA-linked terrorism suspect The U.K.'s change in parole rules, requiring two-thirds of a sentence to be served before release, does not constitute a

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