UK | Latest News & Updates - BBC
Get all the latest news, live updates and content about the UK from across the BBC.
United Kingdom country profile - BBC News
Jul 9, 2024 · The new Labour government carries out a radical programme of reforms, major industries and public utilities are nationalised, a welfare state is established as well as publicly funded healthcare ...
Covid: England's third national lockdown legally comes into force
Jan 6, 2021 · The UK government's chief medical adviser, Prof Chris Whitty, urged people to take the "stay at home" rules seriously and warned that the country is facing a "really serious emergency".
Politics | Latest News & Updates - BBC
Get all the latest news, live updates and content about Politics from across the BBC.
Three PMs in two months, is political chaos the UK's new normal?
Jill Rutter, from the think tank the Institute for Government, believes the Brexit vote in 2016 has been the number one destabilising factor in British politics over the last six years.
What is devolution and how does it work in the UK? - BBC
What powers does the UK government still have? The UK government in Westminster remains responsible for policies which affect just England, as well as overall policy in a number of areas.
Covid-19: More than 10,000 new Omicron cases found in UK - BBC
Dec 18, 2021 · "The government should explain what additional public health protections are needed to bring the NHS back from the brink of collapse, and urgently get support to struggling businesses."
Keir Starmer names new cabinet, with Reeves as chancellor and
Jul 4, 2024 · Starmer vows to restore trust in politics and build a "government of service", in his first speech as prime minister Rishi Sunak said he would resign as Conservative Party leader, after Labour's ...
United Kingdom profile - Timeline - BBC News
Aug 10, 2018 · 1981 - Government begins programme of privatisation of state-run industries, followed by deregulation of financial markets. 1982 - Argentina invades the Falklands Islands in the South Atlantic ...
UK election: What's happened, and what comes next - BBC
Jul 5, 2024 · In his first speech as prime minister after greeting dozens of jubilant Labour supporters who had lined Downing Street, Sir Keir vowed to run a "government of service" and to kick start a period ...