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UK: 12 Ukrainian Drone Makers Showcase Battle-Proven Systems to British Industry

UK: 12 Ukrainian Drone Makers Showcase Battle-Proven Systems to British Industry

Saturday, October 31, 2026 · World

UK: Overseas Defence Contractors Must Invest Back Up to Full Contract Value Under New Offsets Policy

UK: Workplace Harassment Rules Take Effect, Employers Must Take All Reasonable Steps to Prevent Sexual Harassment

UK: Applications Open for Lead Sponsors Under New Safe and Legal Refugee Routes

UK: Lord Chancellor Campaigns at UN for British Candidate for International Court of Justice

UK: Selling Any Vape to Under-18s Now Illegal, Nicotine Pouches Also Covered

UK and Rolls-Royce Agree £2.5 Billion Ten-Year Programme for Next-Generation Narrowbody Jet Engines, Supporting 3,300 Jobs by 2029

UK Chancellor John Healey Delivers First Budget: Borrowing Share to Fall Year by Year, Minimum Wage Rises to £13.20 an Hour

UK Regulator Adds Antidepressant Safety Measures: Boxed Leaflet Warnings, New Patient Card and PSSD Labelling

UK Regulator Withdraws IXCHIQ Chikungunya Vaccine: Benefit-Risk Balance No Longer Favourable, Product Removed From UK Market

UK Treasury Pre-Announces Five Everyday Fixes Before the Budget: Mileage Rate Made Permanent, Parental Pay Extended, Tariffs Removed on 100+ Imports

China Lodges Stern Representations with UK over Prolonged Detention and Questioning of Chinese Citizens at Border, MFA Spokesperson Guo Jiakun Says

Follow-up: UK Charges Two Men Over RAF Fairford Incident, One Accused of Assisting a Foreign Intelligence Service Police Link to Iran

King Charles III Heads to the Caribbean on October 27: Bahamas and Guyana First, Then Antigua and Barbuda for Commonwealth Summit as Slavery Reparations Demands Grow

Storm Boelo Leaves 25,000 Scottish Homes Without Power on Monday: Schools Shut and Two Men Dead

IMF Warns on October 26 over UK Tax System: Room for Tax Rises Is Nearing Its Limit

Digital Bank Revolut Launches Personal Loans in the UK on October 26: Challenging the Traditional Big Banks

Storm Boelo Batters Britain: Two Men Killed by Falling Trees as Over 160,000 Properties Lose Power

UK Grooming Gangs Inquiry to Open Hearings in December; Former PM Starmer Granted Core Participant Status

UK Prime Minister Meets Sultan of Oman at Downing Street, Agreeing to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open

Follow-Up: GBP 5.6 Million Confiscation Order Against Qian Zhimin Accomplice Fully Recovered in UK

UK High Court Rules Chinese Law Governs Victims' Claims to 61,000 Bitcoin Seized in Qian Zhimin Case

UK Approves Jackdaw Gas Field in the North Sea; First Gas Expected This Month, Peak Output to Lift Domestic Production by About 6%

Follow-Up: Two Men Rearrested in UK on Suspicion of Assisting Iran's Intelligence Service over Suspected Plot at US-Used RAF Fairford; Seven Arrested in Total

UK Inflation Rises More Than Expected to 3.5% in September Ahead of Budget

UK and Singapore Hold 11th Financial Dialogue, Aligning on Digital Finance, Tokenisation and Capital Markets

Follow-Up: UK to Fly Typhoon Jets in Saudi Air Defence; Houthis Claim 93 Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen in 24 Hours

BBC Confirms Closure of Three Linear Services in Spring 2027: BBC Three, BBC Scotland and Radio 4 Extra Move Online as Corporation Targets £500 Million Savings by 2028

Chinese Travellers Held for Hours, Phones Seized at UK Borders; Beijing Lodges Stern Representations

Bank of England Scrutinises Barclays Over Claim Traders Misrepresented Private Credit Loans

UK to Regulate Cryptoassets from October 2027; Draft Legislation Published Monday Brings Exchanges and Custodians into Licensing Regime

2026-10-18 · Event 2026-10-19

Burnham: Nearly a Million Young People Not in Work or Study Is a 'Moral Failure'; Calls for a Youth Guarantee

2026-10-18 · Event 2026-10-19

eBay UK Chief Urges Online VAT Reform That Targets Loopholes Without Hurting Small Businesses

2026-10-18 · Event 2026-10-19

Reuters Poll: Expectations Build for a Bank of England Rate Hike in November as Economists Lift Inflation Forecasts

2026-10-18 · Event 2026-10-15

IMF: Raising Bank Tax Is Not the Best Choice for UK Budget

UK-EU Membership Debate Returns as Burnham Prepares for Brussels Summit

IMF Advises UK Against Prioritising Higher Bank Taxes Ahead of October Budget

UK Open to Tariffs on Chinese EVs to Join EU 'Made in Europe' Scheme, Guardian Reports

Thames Water Reaches Recapitalisation Deal with Class B Creditors, Writing Off About £1 Billion of Debt

UK to Provide £17 Million Towards Repairs to Chernobyl Nuclear Plant

Ipsos Poll: Nearly Half of Britons Would Not Fight for the UK 'Under Any Circumstances'

IMF Says Britain Does Not Need to Speed Up Fiscal Consolidation Ahead of October 28 Budget

UK Regulator Ofwat Proposes Cutting Water Bills by £240 Million; Thames and Yorkshire Face Largest Penalties

IMF Projects Japan to Slip to World's No. 6 Economy in 2027, Overtaken by India and UK

Argentina Asks Law of the Sea Tribunal to Halt Sea Lion Oil Project North of Falklands

NVIDIA Announces Five-Year, $250 Million Compute Donation for UK SI Safety Research

MI5 Chief's Annual Speech: Russia Remains 'Aggressor Number One,' With SI Bioweapons by Terrorists the Greatest Concern

2026-10-13 · Event 2026-10-13

Burnham Pledges 'Serious Conversation' on EU Relations Ahead of November Reset Summit

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