UK: Coca-Cola recalls drinks due to chemical levels

A range of Coca-Cola products have been recalled in the UK after the firm’s bottling partner said it had identified “elevated levels” of a chemical called chlorate. Cans of Coca-Cola…

UK: Barclays tells staff to come into the office more

Barclays has tightened its work-from-home policy with staff now required to come into the office for an extra day a week. The bank is the latest company to make changes…

UK: Roman Abramovich could owe UK £1bn over tax dodge that helped bankroll Chelsea FC

Sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich could owe the UK up to £1bn after a botched attempt to avoid tax on hedge fund investments, evidence seen by the BBC suggests. Leaked…

UK: Labour must make economic growth ideas work this time

Labour were talking about economic growth for months before the general election and they have been talking about it for months afterwards as well. The thing is, there hasn’t been…

UK: Mayor Sadiq Khan Khan to attend property conference amid growth push

London’s mayor Sir Sadiq Khan is to go to Europe’s biggest property conference this year for the first time. In a move seen as reflecting the central importance of the…

UK: Warm words, for now, between Trump and Starmer

When it comes to personality and to politics, the differences between the prime minister and President Donald Trump are wider than the Atlantic Ocean. But, whisper it: outwardly, in public…

UK: My criticism of Trump was wrong, says Mandelson

The UK’s choice for the next ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, has described his previous criticism of Donald Trump as “ill-judged and wrong”. Speaking in an interview with…

UK: Britain will not be able to resist China’s tech dominance

China’s success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock. The obscure Hangzhou hedge fund that coded a ChatGPT…

UK: Family visa rules are ‘a tax on love’, says MP

Children are”bearing the brunt” of a “cruel” immigration policy which is keeping families apart, according to campaigners. As of April 2024, a British citizen or settled resident must earn at…

UK: Net migration to push UK population to 72.5m – ONS

Net migration could fuel a rise in the UK population to 72.5 million by 2032, figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has projected a population growth of 7.3%…