Burnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as borrowing costs surge
Posted on Wednesday September 02, 2026

The PM said his government would be "grounded in fiscal responsibility" as he faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time.

Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night
Posted on Wednesday September 02, 2026

Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.

King hails 'unprecedented' Bayeux Tapestry exhibition in London
Posted on Wednesday September 02, 2026

British and French leaders will be at the British Museum to see the exhibition of the historic Bayeux Tapestry.

EU and Nato vow to step up pressure on Russia after 'new escalation' in Germany
Posted on Wednesday September 02, 2026

Russia is accused of growing increasingly reckless after Berlin blamed Russia for a failed drone attack on Leipzig airport.

Protests in Spain over government's handling of Ceuta migrant crisis
Posted on Wednesday September 02, 2026

Spanish opposition parties accuse Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of abandoning the residents of Ceuta.