Over two-thirds of British adults are planning to cut back on festive spending this year due to a worsening cost of living crisis.

More than a quarter of people in the UK believe the new Prime Minister Liz Truss will be worse than her predecessor Boris Johnson, according to a new poll.

Liz Truss becomes Britain's next prime minister by winning the race to decide who will take over as leader of the ruling Conservative Party. 

A leading US-based investment banking company has warned of a huge recession looming over Britain as a result of surging inflation and worsening cost-of-living crisis that has hit Britons hard in recent months.

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Wednesday, where Johnson was hailed as a hero for his relentless support for Ukraine's war efforts.

The UK has promised to liberalize trade with Syria, offering lower tariffs to the war-torn country as part of plans to bring its cost-of-living crisis under control.

Inflation reached yet another new record on Wednesday.

The most significant of a growing wave of strikes in Britain will go ahead with an eight-day walkout after pay talks broke down with employers at Felixstowe port in Suffolk, England.

British consumer price inflation jumped to 10.1% in July, its highest since February 1982, up from an annual rate of 9.4% in June, intensifying the squeeze on households, official figures showed on Wednesday.

Rail passengers are facing major disruption as train drivers have walked out across the United Kingdom over pay.