Most require the borrower to make regular interest payments. UK government bonds - known as "gilts" - are normally considered very safe, with little risk the money will not be repaid. Gilts are ...

No, it does not. In the year ending September 2022, the UK received 72,027 asylum applications from main applicants only. This is double the number of applications in 2019. This is likely linked in ...

Our annual Foundation Day celebrations marked our 200th birthday and recognised four honorary graduates for their contributions to society. Manchester celebrates three female scientists in top 100 UK ...

Read Less In this article, we consider the case for investing in UK funds. We’ve also asked Rob Morgan, investment analyst at wealth managers, Charles Stanley, to identify five UK funds suitable ...

The UK has pledged to reach "net zero" - where no additional planet-warming greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere - by 2050. To achieve this, much more of our energy needs to come from ...

The barb came as Ms Badenoch played down her own piece of history, after becoming the first black leader of a major UK political party. Billi Mucklow looked radiant while celebrating her 37th ...

Since the end of World War Two, immigration has transformed the UK. After the war, fewer than one in 25 of the population had been born outside the country; today that figure is closer to one in ...

Like it - or not - it has been three years since the UK left the European Union. Since then there has been a pandemic, swiftly followed by an energy crisis. That has made it hard to decipher ...

One of late Queen's final acts days before her death showed her true passion in life ...

Which means you can dive in and emerge, not just feeling good, but really feeling better. From the countryside to the capital, here's our pick of the best spa hotels in the UK.

UK mortgage interest rates can change quickly at the moment, depending on the current cost of swap rates, Bank of England (BoE) base rate announcements, and lenders' discretion. In this article ...

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