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Dawn Butler's parents came to the UK from Jamaica in the 1950s and saw England as the 'mother country' - but they were shocked at the racism they suffered

With British folk songs done by a New Yorker, the soundtrack disappeared for decades – but has now become a touchstone for artists journeying to a nation’s dark heart

Former Chancellor George Osborne has defended his austerity policies in government, insisting they in fact helped Britain to cope better with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Britain's foreign secretary James Cleverly and US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, held a press conference in London to discuss the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.

The former chancellor argued his cuts may have better prepared Britain to combat Covid-19.

Looking across the whole of Britain, the poll also showed that a majority (52 per cent) of Conservative voters believe not enough social housing is being built

She’s been dead for 10 years but I rarely read the news without thinking of her. More than any other figure of recent history, Margaret Thatcher created modern Britain, in all its dysfunction and despondency. Housing misery, asthmatic public services, crumbling infrastructure, badly privatised industries such as the waterworks, which…

Oliver Letwin, who led emergency planning during coalition, says churn of ministers and officials is ‘disaster for country’

Alford Gardner, 97, recalls his arrival in Britain 75 years ago, where the ‘damn cold’ was the only thing that bothered him