Prime Minister Keir Starmer refused to rule out raising income tax, national insurance or value added tax at the upcoming budget, suggesting the government may break its election manifesto promises in order to fill a growing hole in the public finances.

Elon Musk steps back into British politics after speaking at a rally led by controversial right-winger Tommy Robinson, as he continues criticizing Nigel Farage amid voter frustration.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is aware of small numbers of locally acquired cases of an mpox strain called ‘clade Ib’ in the USA, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal, which have no connection to countries with known transmission. The health agency said this suggests there is now community transmission of the disease globally.

Doncasters Group, an almost 250-year-old UK metal engineering group that supplies Boeing, is exploring an initial public offering in New York to tap rising investor demand for civil and military aerospace suppliers,