The government has signed a new agreement with Iraq to accelerate the return of failed asylum seekers, part of a wider effort to reduce irregular migration and speed up enforcement.

The UK is preparing to deploy troops as part of a European “reassurance force” to underpin any peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia, according to reports overnight, even as the United States ruled out sending ground forces.

European shares were set for a softer start on Wednesday, with UK investors bracing for a weaker open after a tech-led selloff on Wall Street and in Asia overnight. The risk-off tone, driven by stretched valuations and rising policy uncertainty, comes as traders look to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s remarks at this week’s Jackson Hole

International Workplace Group said it expects full-year adjusted EBITDA to come in toward the lower end of its 525 million to 565 million dollar guidance range, even as first-half profit rose and the company increased its 2025 share buyback target to at least 130 million dollars.

Britain’s economy at the end of 2023 is now estimated to have been 2.2 percent larger than its pre-pandemic peak, up from a previous estimate of 1.9 percent, the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday

UK grocery inflation edged down to 5.0 percent over the four weeks to 10 August, from 5.2 percent a month earlier, according to Worldpanel by Numerator.

Apple has secured a significant victory in its privacy battle with the UK government after American intelligence officials announced that Britain has agreed to drop demands for a backdoor into the tech giant’s encrypted user data.

HICL Infrastructure has agreed to dispose of seven UK public-private partnership assets to Dutch pension services provider APG for a total consideration of approximately £225 million, as the investment trust continues its strategy of selective asset sales.

UK consumer sentiment has reached its strongest level since October last year, according to new data released this morning, as households responded positively to the Bank of England’s recent interest rate reduction to 4%.

Britain’s housing market is showing mixed signals as summer demand remains robust but prices slip, property site Rightmove said.