British prime minister Theresa May lost control of her government last night as the House of Commons voted to reject a no-deal Brexit under any circumstances.

The release of black cab rapist John Worboys from a prison in England has been put on hold after victims won the first step in a legal challenge.

Two national newspapers in the UK have threatened to launch a legal challenge if the UK's Parole Board does not disclose its reasons for approving the release of black cab rapist John Worboys from prison.

A senior DUP member has said the chances of reaching a deal with the Conservatives to prop up Theresa May's minority government are "very good".

Britain’s largest banks are urging the UK Treasury to start a formal review of taxes on the industry, amid concern HSBC Holdings and Standard Chartered could move overseas to avoid a levy on balance sheets.

France’s finance minister said yesterday that Paris had not restricted the use of HSBC client data it passed on to UK authorities to help pursue tax evaders, contradicting comments by a senior British official.

A new British tax on companies that shift profits out of the country and into tax havens will target inter-company fees for services like use of intellectual property.

British chancellor George Osborne’s promise to clamp down on a tax avoidance loophole widely used by multinational technology companies could actually result in a reduction in the amount of money the government takes in, the Chartered Institute of Taxation has warned.

One of Bank of Ireland’s UK subsidiaries, Bristol and West, has been found by a British tax tribunal to be guilty of trying to avoid £30m (€35m) in tax.

Big companies in Britain now pay less tax than they did 12 years ago despite a big jump in profitability, a Reuters analysis of official data has shown.

THE British government has published a consultation paper that may allow the North’s power-sharing executive to reduce the region’s corporation tax rate to 12.5% — the same as Ireland’s.