Britain’s Conservatives are warming to Donald Trump 2.0

LONDON — They might not be wearing MAGA hats, but some of Britain’s most prominent Conservatives are flirting with Donald Trump again. A steady stream of Tory politicians — and even former prime ministers — have recently been heaping cautious praise on, or even endorsing, the controversial former U.S. president…

UK energy bills to rise by 80% in October as regulator announces hike

LONDON — Britain’s energy regulator announced Friday it will raise its main cap on consumer energy bills to an average £3,549 ($4,197) from £1,971 a year, as campaign groups, think tanks and politicians call on the government to tackle a cost-of-living crisis. The price cap limits the standard charge energy…

Liz Truss: ‘Jury is out’ on whether Macron is Britain’s friend or foe

LONDON — Liz Truss said “the jury is out” on whether French President Emmanuel Macron is Britain’s “friend or foe” at a Conservative leadership campaign event Thursday. The hot favorite to become Britain’s new prime minister next month vowed to judge Macron by his “deeds not words” in her cross-Channel…

UK leaves local leaders on £8M hook for unused Brexit checks warehouse

Press play to listen to this article PORTSMOUTH, England — Boris Johnson’s government has left Portsmouth’s local council holding the bag on a nearly £8 million loan it took out to build a giant warehouse to conduct post-Brexit border checks that may now never be used. The £25 million custom-built…

Germany and Ireland slam UK’s plan to scrap Northern Ireland agreement

Germany and Ireland have slammed the British government’s “unilateral” plans to walk back the Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland. Britain’s approach threatens to undermine the “rules-based international order” amid a brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine, said Foreign Ministers Annalena Baerbock of Germany and Simon Coveney of Ireland, writing in the…