Cameron Seeks to Intensify U.K.’s Campaign Against Islamic State

Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants the U.K. to take a bigger role in the struggle to destroy Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

George Osborne criticised for claims over EU £1.7bn bill as UK to pay full amount

George Osborne won more time to settle an outstanding and highly contested £1.7bn EU budget bill and went on to make a disputed claim that he had halved the money owed by factoring in Britain’s budget rebates in Europe.

EU budget: Britain must pay 'and that's that' says MEP

Europe expects the UK to pay an extra £1.7bn towards the EU budget "and that's that", a vice president of the European Parliament has said.

Britain ‘facing lost decade of economic growth’

Britain is facing a lost decade of economic growth despite the economic recovery, the latest forecasts from a respected think tank suggest today.

Rate of UK unemployment decline slows – but there are more falls to come

The latest unemployment figures are a bit of a mixed bag. In the final three months of 2013, the number of people classified as jobless fell by 125,000.

UK says its local banking rules eased for all, not just Chinese

LONDON: Britain is ready to relax its banking rules for any non-European bank, not just those from China who want to set up investment banking operations in London, its chief industry regulator said on Thursday.

Work on financial transaction tax to go on, EU executive says

(Reuters) - The European Commission rebuffed on Saturday an EU legal opinion that questioned the legality of a planned financial transaction tax and said work on the levy in 11 European Union countries would go on.

Big events will boost UK in 2012: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Monday to use the Olympics and celebrations marking 60 years of the queen's reign in 2012 to return Britain to strength despite continuing economic gloom.

The EU should kick Britain out

Few countries need a reality check as much as Britain. Leading British political figures are still rattling their sabres and demanding that the UK withdraw from the EU. And a recent poll showed that 50% of the British public want out as well. But, looking at Britannia's performance in recent years, a case can be made that the EU shouldn't wait for Britain to leave: it should kick Britain out instead. The UK has been more destructive to Europe than has Greece. Let's look at the record.