Bloomberg Boris Johnson suffered a major setback as he seeks to hold onto power after a member of Parliament in his ruling UK Conservative Party defected to the main opposition. The move by Christian Wakeford, who was elected in 2019 in one of the many so-called red wall seats that swung from Labour to Johnson’s Tories in the general ...

  Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron said the only way for France to remain friends with the British government is if London respects its post-Brexit commitments. Macron told European lawmakers in Strasbourg on Wednesday that Europe and the UK “must get back on the path of trust.” His comments come a week after UK and EU Brexit negotiators agreed to intensify ...

  Bloomberg Britain’s inflation rate surged unexpectedly to the highest since 1992, sharpening a squeeze on households and adding to pressure on the government and Bank of England to respond. Consumer prices surged 5.4% from a year ago in December, driven by a broad increase in the cost of food, restaurant meals and furniture, the Office for National Statistics said ...