The Latest Breaking News from Britain

This week’s spending review marks a new stage in the mission of national renewal, built on the foundations laid last year

PRIDE MONTH: Across six decades of activism, Britain’s leading LGBT+ rights campaigner has faced death threats and even had a bullet through his front door. He talks to Emma Henderson about police who won’t apologise for past wrongs and why Hungary should face sanctions over its Pride ban

Britain’s Labour government will hope to regain the political initiative when Treasury chief Rachel Reeves sets out her spending plans for the coming years

Negotiations on rules governing the border of Spain and Gibraltar have been ongoing since Britain left the European Union in 2020.

Opinions vary on wild ring-necked parakeets but they have become a defining sight and sound of London’s birdlife

The Chancellor is expected to focus on “Britain’s renewal” as she sets out her spending plans for the coming years.

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: When it comes to the UK’s long-term energy supply, Ed Miliband is right to seek greater plurality. As well as guaranteeing cheaper electricity, Sizewell C will also underpin the wider adoption of renewable sources

Despite the ongoing crackdown on protesters in Los Angeles, the US constitution (for now) provides far more freedom of speech than there is in the UK, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The UK will finally end its no-nuclear status quo as it backs Rolls-Royce to build Britain's small modular reactors.