The UK has formally signed the treaty to join a vast free trade area spanning the Indo-Pacific region, in a move the government says will be a “big boost for British businesses.” Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch signed the accession protocol to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) in Auckland, New…

The UK government has ditched its promise to complete a post-Brexit “bonfire” of remaining EU laws by the end of the year. Under the government’s draft Retained EU Law Bill, almost all EU laws copied into the UK statute book following Brexit would be automatically revoked at the end of 2023, unless a statutory instrument…

Trade secretary Kemi Badenoch, who has previously criticised net-zero policies, called investment in green energy “the future-proofing force that will help us create a better tomorrow” at a government eco trade and investment expo. “Now is the time to future-proof our economy by investing in cutting-edge green technology, protecting our long-term energy security and creating…

The UK’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss has held her first Cabinet meeting after a major government reshuffle, in which her close allies were rewarded with top Cabinet posts while supporters of her leadership rival Rishi Sunak were expelled. Truss became the UK’s third female prime minister on Tuesday after an audience with Queen Elizabeth…

Three Conservative leadership candidates remain after Kemi Badenoch was eliminated on Tuesday. Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, and Liz Truss will proceed onto the fifth ballot on Wednesday when the final two contestants will be selected. Sunak remains the front runner with 118 votes, picking up only three of the 32 floating votes after Foreign Affairs…

British schools shouldn’t have “segregated history curriculums” such as a “black history” module, the UK’s equalities minister said on Thursday. Responding to the comment of Labour MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy on the teaching of black history, Kemi Badenoch, the Conservative minister of state at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, said she is “completely against” the idea….

Allowing self-identification is not part of the UK government’s plan in supporting transgender people, equalities minister Kemi Badenoch said on Sunday. The remarks came after a university professor resigned following a campaign to get her fired over her view on gender. Kathleen Stock, a philosophy professor at the University of Sussex who opposes transgender self-identification, announced…