UK visa applications from foreign skilled workers and health staff dropped significantly last year after stricter immigration controls were enforced, new data has revealed. There were 61,000 people ...

When Prince Harry said it was “impossible” for him to safely bring Meghan and their children to the UK in the aftermath of his court defeat over security last year, all hopes of a royal family reunion ...

Cyber security officials have confirmed they are aiding an investigation after a minister said the UK government had been hacked. Trade Minister Sir Chris Bryant said earlier that investigations were ...

Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – is expected to be ...

The UK government is said to be "rapidly developing" plans to prepare for the possible outbreak of war as tensions rise in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The European Union has decided to indefinitely ...

The U.K. economy unexpectedly shrank in the three months to October, new official figures show. It contracted 0.1% as services output stalled, construction output fell 0.3% and production output fell ...

The UK is "rapidly developing" plans to prepare the whole country for the possible outbreak of war, the armed forces minister has said. Underlining the role civilians would have to play in a major ...

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Figure of 204,000 in 12 months to June 2025 is lowest since 2021, statistics body says Net migration to the UK has fallen by more than two-thirds to 204,000 in a single year, the lowest annual figure ...

Kylie is the Global Live Pages Editor, leading a team providing real-time multimedia coverage of the biggest breaking stories worldwide. She previously worked on the UK Breaking News team, and spent ...

There were 257,000 British nationals who left the country in the year ending December 2024, compared with the previous estimate of just 77,000. The numbers were revised on Tuesday after the Office for ...

The British government announced last week that all employees will be required to hold a digital identity card, amid Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s attempts to curb undocumented immigration and reduce ...