IMF Raises Growth Forecast For the UK
From 1.9 percent to 2.4 percent
United Kingdom
Gates: UK Military Cuts Make It Impossible to be Major Player on World Stage
Prime Minister David Cameron disagrees
UK Government Pledges £100 Million For Syria Aid
International Development Secretary Justine Greening says the scale of suffering in Syria is "hard to exaggerate"
US and UK Might Rethink Supporting Rebels in Syria
Trying to pressure the Syrian National Coalition into attending the Geneva 2 peace conference
British Warship To Assist With Disposing of Syria's Chemical Weapons
Says Foreign Secretary William Hague
Group of Peers in UK's House of Lords Want To Block Law That Would Punish Being Annoying
Say it is a threat to free speech
British Business Groups Criticize Opposition Leader's Plan To Stop Employers Paying Migrants Low Wages
Prime Minister David Cameron has been using increasingly tough rhetoric regarding migrant labor
UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Says Billions More in Cuts Will Be Needed After Next General Election
Many of the cuts would be made in the welfare budget
Documents Show Libyan Government Warned UK Day Before Fatal Shooting at Embassy in London
During anti-government rally
British Free Marketeers Should Welcome Romanian and Bulgarian Immigrants
Some self-described supporters of the free market in the U.K. wrongly oppose the free movement of people
Almost Three Quarters of Islamist Terror Prisoners in the UK Resist Rehabilitation
Anti-extremism efforts struggling
Formerly Confidential Documents Show British Government Considered Banning Sinn Féin
Irish Republican party was polling at more than 13 percent in 1983
British Economy Growing Faster Than Expected
Estimated annual growth rate raised from 1.5 percent to 1.9 percent
"Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs Dead at 84
Convicted of a train heist in Britain, escaped from prison, settling in Brazil. Returned to UK in 2001, was released from prison early on compassionate grounds
Two British Women Handed Jail Sentences in Peru For Drug Smuggling
Six years and eight months each
Bank of England To Introduce Plastic Bank Notes in 2016
Around 20 countries already have bank notes made of polymer
British Police Dismiss Claim Military Was Involved in Princess Diana's Death
Allegation was made in August
David Cameron Says the Mission in Afghanistan Has Been Accomplished
British combat troops expected to leave next year
Watchdog Defends Plan For 11 Percent Pay Rise For British MPs
Prime Minister David Cameron calls the pay rise "inappropriate"
Same Sex Marriages in England and Wales To Begin in March
All three major parties backed legislation legalizing same sex marriage
Terror Suspects Extradited From the UK Due in Federal Court in Connecticut
Accused of supporters terrorism in Afghanistan and Chechnya
MEP: Snowden Will Give Evidence to European Parliament
Despite objections from British Conservatives
Man Accused of Murdering British Soldier in London Says He Loves Al Qaeda
"I love them. I consider them brothers in Islam"
Britain in Talks to Join French Intervention in Central African Republic
UN warning of genocide
UK Wants EU's Free Movement Policy Changed
Bulgarians and Romanians will not face restrictions on working anywhere in the E.U. from January 1, 2014
Government-Run Family Stability Program in the UK Scrapped After Hardly Anyone Signs Up
Less than ten couples participated
English City Mourns Loss of Shipbuilding Identity
Ships have been built in Portsmouth for hundreds of years, but an agreement between the government and BAE will mean shipbuilding will stop in 2014
