London CNN  —  Former finance minister Rishi Sunak will be the United Kingdom’s next prime minister after seeing off his lone remaining rival in the fast-tracked race to become Conservative party leader on Monday. The other potential candidate, Penny Mordaunt, conceded after failing to meet…

London CNN Business  —  Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks will face the huge challenge of projecting stability after a period of historic political and financial market chaos. But their other task — shepherding the country through a recession — is poised to be…

Mortgage advisor Victoria Lindsay was signed off work with severe anxiety but received regular check-up calls from her manager who warned her about posting pictures of cakes on Facebook A Brit has been awarded £22,000 after her boss rang her while she was off sick…

Jennifer Osborn said her son Jake went on to live for another 11 months after she sang a song from The Greatest Showman to him while he fought for his life at a children’s hospiceA devoted mum described the emotional moment she ‘brought her son…

Editor’s Note: Laura Beers is a professor of history at American University. She is the author of “Your Britain: Media and the Making of the Labour Party” and “Red Ellen: The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist.” The views expressed here are solely hers.…

Julia Taylor, 61, threw a glass of wine at stranger Alun Williams in a fit of rage after an emotional exchange about property. The glass hit Mr Williams’ teeth, leaving two of them broken. A gran who threw a glass of red wine at a…