Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments. The apparent U-turn comes as the Prime Minister has faced pressure from Labour ranks to change ...

The Northern Irish broadcaster said it was ‘a bit of a shock’ given he was recently taken to hospital after a fall at his home.

The UK Government has risked “undermining public confidence” in its approach to a hearing of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry, its chairman has been told.

Typically, high interest rates are used as a method to drag on spending demand and therefore bring down inflation. The higher-than-forecast inflation figures may therefore see the Bank of England act ...

Sir Keir Starmer has said the Government wants to make more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments. He has faced pressure from Labour ranks to change course over the squeeze on benefits and ...

Energy campaigners have urged Ofgem to draw up a “crisis plan” for July 1 when the Radio Teleswitching System (RTS) is switched off, saying hundreds of thousands of households remain likely to face ...

Bus drivers are to take strike action over six weeks in a pay dispute. Unite the union said around 430 Stagecoach drivers will take action after last minute pay talks did not lead to an improvement in ...

Martyn Sadler died alongside fellow firefighter Jennie Logan and member of the public David Chester following a fire at a former RAF base.

Marten, 38, and Mark Gordon, 50 are charged with the manslaughter of their baby daughter Victoria who died in a tent on the South Downs in ...

The Government is broadly supportive of blending hydrogen into the gas network and is actively considering the matter, energy minister Michael Shanks has said. Replacing some of the fuel in natural ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip and for an end to the “heartbreaking” toll on its people, as he presided over his first general audience in St Peter’s Square.

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall insisted changes were necessary to get people off benefits and into work.