United Kingdom

Who is allowed to come to live in the UK?


By Tom Edgington & Tamara Kovacevic UK net migration hit 606,000 in 2022 - the highest figure ever recorded, according to the latest estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The rise is driven by people arriving from non-EU countries on government-issued visas to study, work or join family members. The figure includes Ukrainian and Hong...

UK republicans want coronation to be the last


London: On his way to be crowned on May 6, King Charles III will travel by gilded coach through streets swathed in red, white and blue Union flags — and past a warning from history. At Trafalgar Square stands a large bronze statue of King Charles I, the 17th-century monarch deposed by Parliament and executed in 1649....

UK seeks ‘urgent’ talks with Europe after French snub


London: Britain’s government announced plans for its own talks on the Channel migration crisis with European ministers this week as it was frozen out of a crisis meeting in France. Home secretary Priti Patel was barred from a recent meeting in Calais after Prime Minister Boris Johnson published the text of a letter to French President...