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LONDON, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss talks at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking her former Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, on October 14, 2022 in London, England. After just five weeks in the job, Prime Minister Liz Truss has sacked Chancellor of The Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng after he delivered a mini-budget that plunged the UK economy into crisis. (Photo by Daniel Leal – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Liz Truss scraps plan to freeze U.K. corporation tax, cites need to ‘reassure markets’ of ‘fiscal discipline’

By Alex Morales, Kitty Donaldson, and others

Liz Truss

Liz Truss sacks finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng after weeks of market turmoil

By Alex Morales, Kitty Donaldson, and others

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 02: Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss watch a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II on the opening day of the annual Conservative Party conference on October 02, 2022 in Birmingham, England. This year the Conservative Party Conference will be looking at “Getting Britain Moving” with more jobs and higher salaries. However, delegates are arriving at the conference as the party lags 33 points behind Labour in the opinion polls. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Liz Truss said she was absolutely committed to controversial tax cuts — 24 hours later she’s forced into a humiliating U-turn

By Alex Morales, Kitty Donaldson, and others

An aerial view of a crude oil storage facility in Cushing, Oklahoma

Allies are considering releasing 60 million barrels of emergency oil reserves amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

By Jennifer Jacobs, Alex Morales, and others

Boris Johnson and Vladimir Putin

Boris Johnson hits over 100 Russian oligarchs with UK’s biggest set of sanctions ever

By Alex Morales, Kitty Donaldson, and others

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Dan York-Smith, Director, Strategy, Planning and Budget, giving evidence to the Treasury Committee on the subject of Budget 2021. Picture date: Thursday March 11, 2021. (Photo by House of Commons/PA Images via Getty Images)

‘Stench of cronyism’: Greensill Capital scandal shakes up U.K. government

By Alex Morales, Tim Ross, and others

A person passes a ‘Bending the rules costs lives’ government coronavirus sign on Old Christchurch road in Bournemouth, during England’s third national lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Picture date: Friday January 22, 2021. (Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)

U.K. weighs paying people to self isolate as COVID-19 death toll hits new records

By Tim Ross, Alex Morales, and others

Offshore wind turbines at the Teesside wind farm near Redcar in Teesside, U.K. Britain wants to become the “Saudi Arabia of wind power” under the country’s ambitious green industrial revolution plan. Wire photography: Ian Forsyth—Bloomberg via Getty Images

Facing an epic recession, Britain unveils its ‘green industrial revolution’ to jumpstart economy, create jobs

By Tim Ross, Jessica Shankleman, and others

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top political advisor Dominic Cummings arrives at Downing Street, in London, United Kingdom on November 13, 2020. (Photo by Tayfun Salci/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson’s top aide was a key architect of Brexit. But as the split looms, he’s quitting government

By Tim Ross, Alex Morales, and others

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown across England, a dramatic strategy shift following warnings hospitals would become overwhelmed under his current system of localised restrictions. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PEZZALI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson announces another partial lockdown for England as COVID-19 cases surge

By Alex Morales and Bloomberg

TOPSHOT - Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) welcomes US President Donald Trump (L) to the NATO summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS / various sources / AFP) (Photo by PETER NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Facebook and Twitter could face ‘substantial fines’ under U.K.’s planned new rules on harmful online content

By Alex Morales, Tim Ross, and others

Huawei concerns

U.K. refuses to ban Huawei from its 5G mobile networks, setting up a clash with Trump

By Thomas Seal, Alex Morales, and others

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How the air travel industry is dealing with the deadly Wuhan coronavirus

By Will Davies, Kyunghee Park, and others

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party Boris Johnson leaves after speaking to supporters and press as the Conservatives celebrate a sweeping election victory on December 13, 2019 in London, England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the first UK winter election for nearly a century in an attempt to gain a working majority to break the parliamentary deadlock over Brexit. As the results roll in the Conservative Party has gained the number of seats needed to win a clear majority at the expense of the Labour Party. Votes are still being counted and an overall result is expected later today. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson’s Overwhelming Election Victory Upends Britain

By Tim Ross, Alex Morales, and others

Renowned Brexit protester Steve Bray shouts Remain chants into the doors of the Cabinet Office on Whitehall, the location of daily Brexit contingency planning meetings (codenamed Yellowhammer, in government departments), on 19th August 2019, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)

The U.K. Government’s Worst Case Brexit Scenario Looks a Lot Like ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’

By Alex Morales, Robert Hutton, and others