U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrived in Britain on Friday for his summer holiday and used the occasion to caution Western allies against adopting censorship policies similar to those he says the United States experienced under former President Joe Biden.
The UK Labour government’s credibility suffered another blow Thursday as Homelessness Minister Rushanara Ali resigned following revelations she evicted tenants from a property she owns, only to re-list it at a higher rent. The controversy has sparked accusations of hypocrisy as Labour pushes forward legislation designed to ban the very tactic Ali employed.
OpenAI and the United Kingdom have entered into a strategic partnership to "expand AI security research collaborations, explore investing in UK AI infrastructure like data centres, and find new ways for taxpayer funded services like security and education to make best use of the latest tech," the UK government announced.
British Secretary of State for Defence, John Healey, announced a "50-day drive" to arm Ukraine in response to President Trump's 50-day deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the conflict.
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed plans to launch a new political party, a move that could further destabilize Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s struggling Labour government. Corbyn, expelled from Labour over his handling of antisemitism allegations, is now positioning himself to split the leftist vote with a new far-left platform.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has unveiled a sweeping defense overhaul aimed at achieving "war-fighting readiness" by 2034, marking the most significant military expansion since World War II.
