Apple is challenging a UK government 'technical capability notice' demanding access to encrypted user data, arguing it would require a backdoor into end-to-end encrypted cloud backups.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has confirmed the scrapping of the controversial digital ID card scheme, introduced by former PM Keir Starmer, to fund a tax cut for household electricity bills, following widespread public opposition.
The U.K. government criticized U.S. VP JD Vance for linking Henry Nowak's murder to 'politics of self-hatred' and 'mass migration', amid U.K. debates on policing and justice system bias.
UK gilts and sterling face pressure as investors fear a potential left-leaning prime minister, Andy Burnham, may challenge Keir Starmer's leadership, threatening fiscal discipline and adopting a confrontational stance towards bond markets.
The monarch’s fence-mending visit to the U.S. this week is the result of months of strategizing at the highest levels of the U.K. government.
