Inflation is expected to increase to its highest level for 21 months as more pressure piles on the Chancellor and the Bank of England. Economists have predicted Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation ...

The Home Secretary also insisted the scope of the probe ‘will not change’ amid claims its remit could be widened.

Louise Shackleton, who was told this month she will not face charges over her husband’s assisted death in Switzerland last December, made her plea to House of Lords peers as they prepared to carry out ...

Grieving families who have lost loved ones as a result of severe allergic reactions are calling for urgent changes to the inquest system, warning that the current set-up has failed to learn from past ...

Scotland becoming independent would be a “win” for Vladimir Putin, a UK defence minister has said. Defence procurement minister Luke Pollard was speaking to Scottish journalists in London on Tuesday ...

In 1966, a spoil-heap landslide crushed Pantglas Primary School in the coal-mining village of Aberfan near Merthyr Tydfil, killing 144 people.

A UK defence minister has said the UK Government is discussing investing directly in Scottish colleges to tackle skills shortages in the sector. Education is fully devolved to Scotland, meaning it is ...

Phil Neumann’s first-half header earned Birmingham their first win in five matches, with a 1-0 victory over Preston in the Sky Bet Championship. The 28-year-old planted home Alexander Cochrane’s ...

The Government said collective defined contribution schemes can potentially offer more security and higher average incomes throughout retirement.

The technology uses ultrasound to destroy cancer cells and can be done in as little as 30 minutes, without the need for surgery.

Spending would be going towards modern manufacturing facilities at the company’s main UK factory in Staffordshire.

The UK is already working with partners in the region, comprised of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo.