The UK government plans to copy Denmark’s controversial immigration policies – a move resisted by some Labour leaders.

Changes to a country are easier to spot when you don’t live there. Born in London, I go back every so often and just returned ...

The home secretary is gearing up to set out the biggest shake-up of the asylum system in modern times next week, which is ...

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain. As well as housing The Economist’s grand ...

LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week announced plans to require workers to hold a compulsory digital identity card to tackle illegal immigration. The plan has ...

But for several reasons, the UK has struggled to do this. In 2006, it was revealed that some 1,013 foreign national prisoners had been released without the Home Office considering deportation. This ...

With its weathered brown bricks, cavernous neo-Gothic interior and rough urban surroundings, Saint Matthew’s is a typical Church of England building. Less typically, on September 14th it was bursting ...

In his state banquet speech, Donald Trump said the bond between the United States and Britain was “unbreakable.” In truth, the British government has feared all week that one misstep during the US ...