In a letter to environment secretary Steve Reed, the cross-party group of 42 MPs and peers call for government backing for a new bill banning fur, and cite a recent study that concluded fur farms pose a “clear epidemic or pandemic risk” and “an obvious route [for the] next pandemic to occur”.

A key suspect surnamed Yan, who is involved in multiple cases of Chinese citizens recently being deceived to the Thailand-Myanmar border, where they were illegally detained and forced to engage in telecom and internet fraud schemes,

Prime Minister resists calls to declare China a threat to national security and insists UK needs to strengthen ties with Beijing

BEIJING: Chinese police have successfully apprehended and brought back a major criminal suspect involved in a high-profile case, in which a Chinese actor was deceived and illegally detained on the Thailand-Myanmar border.

Days after meeting with London Stock Exchange Group, Callum Anderson urged ministers to back policies that could benefit firm

China's central bank said on Monday it conducted 1.7 trillion yuan of outright reverse repurchase agreements in January.

To tee-up this speech, the Treasury aimed for a “drumbeat of momentum” with daily growth-related announcements across a range of topics including stripping back environmental regulations, housebuilding, pensions reform and the creation of an Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.

Founded more than 90 years ago, the institution is in dire financial straits. But is it an expensive indulgence – or vital soft power tool?

Reeves insisted that her plan to kick-start economic growth applies to “every single part of the UK”. Her remarks follow grumbles that a significant portion of government investment pre-briefed ahead of her speech on Wednesday was focused on the south and south-east of England.

A major speech Wednesday promises a host of pro-growth policies to turn the UK economy around. But the hurdles in the chancellor’s way are huge.

Officials have been told that Wednesday’s report from the National Audit Office should serve as a ‘wake-up call’.

The former Home Secretary suggested Britain could become "the first Islamist nation with nuclear weapons", with the UK falling "into the hands of Muslim fundamentalism" within 20 years