The British government tightened restrictions on socialising in parts of northeast England on Monday, in response to high and increasing COVID-19 infection rates in the region.

Scientific advisers told the British government earlier this month that just 6% of the United Kingdom's population had antibodies to COVID-19, according to minutes of the meetings released on Friday.

British airline easyJet Plc has signalled to the government that it may need further financial support if the coronavirus pandemic continues to hinder its schedule, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

Less than half of Britain's people trust in news organisations as a source for COVID-19 information, the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism said.

The British government did not properly document key decisions nor was it open enough about billions of pounds of contracts handed out during the COVID-19 pandemic, its spending watchdog has said, as ...

Britain's government moved to defuse a row with lawmakers over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis on Monday, promising to engage with them more on restrictions some have complained ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday England's test and trace scheme needed improvement after a record low proportion of contacts of positive COVID-19 cases were reached in the latest ...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government will work with parliament wherever possible to keep them updated on the latest COVID-19 data and any plans to restrict the spread of the virus, Johnson's ...

Britain needs to impose a three-week period of national lockdown restrictions immediately to stop cases of COVID-19 spiralling, government scientific adviser Jeremy Farrar said, adding that current ...

Britain could be moving too slowly to tackle the sharp rise in COVID-19 cases because of a lag between case numbers and deaths which means fatalities have remained relatively low, a government adviser ...

Singapore-based Jan Ralph enlisted firms including Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to help him short Uncle Sam’s ...