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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds a press conference, following the Supreme Court’s Rwanda policy judgement, at Downing Street on November 15, 2023 in London, England.

Rishi Sunak’s government wants to cut immigration by 300,000 in ‘future years’—and it’s raising the income cap

By Kitty Donaldson, Ellen Milligan, and others

INVERNESS, SCOTLAND – JANUARY 12: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a visit to the Sea scouts community group in Muirtown near Inverness, during a two day visit to Scotland to highlight the benefits of remaining in the United Kingdom as he seeks to counter Nicola Sturgeon’s push for independence. on January 12, 2023 in Inverness, Scotland. The Prime Minister is expected to hold face-to-face talks with the Scottish First Minister during his two-day trip, which begins on Thursday. (Photo by Andrew Milligan – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Britain plans to jail tech company bosses who don’t protect kids from online harm

By Kitty Donaldson and Bloomberg

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

Prime Minister Liz Truss on the BBC1 current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, as the Conservative Party annual conference gets underway at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham. Picture date: Sunday October 2, 2022. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)

Liz Truss stands by U.K. tax cuts plan but wishes she had ‘laid the ground better’ after market chaos

By Kitty Donaldson and Bloomberg

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 05: Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng arrives at CCHQ ahead of Prime Minister announcement on September 5, 2022 in London, England. The Conservative Party leader will be announced today, replacing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned in July. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

‘The timing would be very bad’: U.K. plan to scrap banker bonus cap comes under spotlight amid cost-of-living crisis

By Kitty Donaldson, Tom Metcalf, and others

Prime Minister Boris Johnson appearing in front of the Liaison Committee in the House of Commons, London, on the subject of the work of the Prime Minister. Picture date: Wednesday July 6, 2022. (Photo by House of Commons/PA Images via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson will quit as U.K. Prime Minister but plans to hang on in the job until October

By Alex Wickham, Kitty Donaldson, and others

Roman Abramovich

Chelsea FC sale hits snag over debt issue

By Kitty Donaldson, David Hellier, and others

Roman Abramovich

Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich may steer clear of UK sanctions for months

By Kitty Donaldson, Ellen Milligan, and others

trophy following their side’s victory during the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2021 Final match between Chelsea and Palmeiras at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium on February 12, 2022 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Michael Regan – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

Swiss billionaire claims he’s been offered chance to buy soccer giants Chelsea from Roman Abramovich

By Bloomberg, Ben Stupples, 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

The U.K. may block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm over security risks

By Kitty Donaldson, Giles Turner, and others

A man shelters in a van as drivers queue trying to enter the port of Dover in Kent, south east England, on December 23, 2020, that is still cordoned after the UK and France agreed a protocol to reopen the border to accompanied freight arriving in France from the UK requiring all lorry drivers to show a negative Covid-19 test. – France and Britain reopened cross-border travel after a snap 48-hour ban to curb the spread of a new coronavirus variant threatened UK supply chains. Accompanied frieght will now be allowed to cross the channel from the port of Dover but all lorry drivers will require a lateral flow test and a negative Covid-19 result before the travel. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

France agrees to reopen border after U.K.’s trucking route to Europe paralyzed over mutant virus fears

By Nikos Chrysoloras, Ania Nussbaum, and others

China’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has triggered calls from prominent Tories for a rethink of the U.K.’s push for closer ties to China.

The U.K. may not let Trump-target Huawei build part of its 5G network after all

By Kitty Donaldson and Bloomberg