The OBR is expected to deal the Chancellor a further blow in November by downgrading its productivity forecasts for the economy.

Those convicted of child cruelty should be placed on a national register to ensure survivors are not failed by systemic blind spots, the Conservatives said. Shadow solicitor general Helen Grant said ...

Ian Culverhouse is returning to King’s Lynn Town - for his third spell in charge. The 61-year-old former Norwich City defender takes over as head coach from caretaker Joe Simpson. Paul Bastock also ...

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy had urged Steve Reed to reject Beijing’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London.

David Rowe was on holiday in Jamaica with his wife and two children for 10 days before deciding to return to the UK early ...

A haul of suspected cocaine worth an estimated eight million euros (£7 million) has been seized in Co Laois. Irish police seized 116 kilos of the substance along with a number of electronic devices ...

Members of the NASUWT union are set to be balloted on industrial action over class contact time. The union accused the Scottish Government of failing to meet the SNP manifesto commitment ahead of the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered the army to immediately carry out “powerful strikes” in Gaza. Hamas responded by saying it would delay handing over the body of a hostage, ...

The man arrested after a fatal stabbing in Uxbridge is an Afghan national who entered the country in a lorry in 2020, the Home Office has confirmed. A 49-year-old man was killed in the incident on ...

Brexit is partly to blame for high inflation in the UK, Rachel Reeves has said as she made the case for rebuilding ties with the EU. The Chancellor said the cost of trading with Brussels was among the ...

Darren Jones told Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday that digital ID would make people’s experience of a new state ‘fundamentally much better’.

The case was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.