Public transport projects across the North and Midlands are to be backed by the Treasury as part of a £15.6 billion package ...

Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.

Pensions minister Torsten Bell said payments will not be universal, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said changes will be in place for this winter.

The Chancellor said there were ‘good things’ that would not be able to happen due to the tight spending settlement.

Two men have been charged with murder over a car crash in which a four-year-old boy died. Patrick Maughan, 53 and Owen Maughan, 27, both from Hill Rise, Darenth, are due to appear at Sevenoaks ...

Firms also reported a slowdown in price inflation for the month despite recent cost increases, such as higher wage bills.

A fourth man who was arrested by police investigating fires at properties linked to Sir Keir Starmer has been released on bail. The 48-year-old was stopped at Stansted Airport on Monday and arrested ...

The Queen is to star in a new crime novel alongside her favourite fictional detective. Peter James’s latest Detective Superintendent Roy Grace thriller centres on a race to stop a killer at Buckingham ...

Police are investigating the deaths of patients who died following heart operations at an NHS hospital. A report by the BBC suggests patients at Castle Hill Hospital near Hull suffered avoidable harm, ...

The sickness absence rate has fallen to an average of just over four days a year for every worker, according to new figures. An estimated 148.9 million working days were lost in the UK because of ...

Torsten Bell said he thinks most people agree ‘it’s not a good idea that we have a system paying a few hundreds of pounds to millionaires’.

The Government remains “confident” it can implement its trade deal with the US in time to prevent Britain’s steel industry facing even higher tariffs, a Cabinet minister has said.