LONDON Britain’s opposition Labour Party will offer voters in Thursday’s election the prospect of a cut in value-added tax, the party’s top finance official John McDonnell was quoted as saying by a newspaper. The interview was conducted before Saturday’s van and knife attack in London which has prompted political parties to suspend campaigning ahead of

LONDON An all-star concert to raise funds for victims of the May 22 suicide bombing in Manchester will go ahead on Sunday as planned, but security will be raised after a fatal van and knife attack in London on Saturday, police said. The “One Love Manchester” concert will feature Ariana Grande, the U.S. singer whose

By Kylie MacLellan | WAKEFIELD, England WAKEFIELD, England Until the Brexit referendum, Gary Hill had never voted. Now the 58-year-old roofer plans to back Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives in Thursday’s election because he wants Britain out of the European Union. The EU divorce has broken the mould of British politics, luring new voters like

By Guy Faulconbridge and William Schomberg | LONDON LONDON British Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble on a June 8 snap election was thrust into doubt after a Survation poll showed her Conservative Party’s lead had dropped to a new low of just one percentage point. While British pollsters all predict May will win the most

LONDON The lead of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party over the opposition Labour Party was unchanged at 12 points ahead of a June 8 election but May’s personal approval ratings turned negative for the first time, according to a ComRes poll published on Saturday. ComRes, which conducted the poll for the Sunday Mirror

LONDON An ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May has said income tax will not rise for higher earners, making a new promise to voters less than a week before a national election with opinion polls showing a narrowing of May’s lead. The comments from Defence Minister Michael Fallon in an interview with the Daily