Data we obtained under Freedom of Information laws shows councils employed 1,253 school crossing patrol officers in the last ...

An increase in UK defence spending is part of a "macho agenda ... It said growth this year would be just 1% compared to a 2% estimate made in the autumn. The first minister called the statement ...

Degrading' ads that appear in mobile gaming apps will be banned by a UK watchdog for promoting harmful, sexist stereotypes. The ads which depict animated images of women as sexual objects ...

It came after the headroom projected in forecasts linked to the autumn budget were wiped out ... Pantheon Macroeconomics chief UK economist Rob Wood said the forecasts show that the “fiscal ...

So we should be relieved the Spring Statement wasn’t a major fiscal event packed with tax changes, like her awful autumn Budget. Sadly, the relief may prove short-lived. Most analysts expect she ...

Follow the latest politics news below. UK to host first international summit on people-smuggling gangs The government is to host the first international summit in the UK on how to tackle people ...

Taxes may have to rise in the autumn, economists have warned ... 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US from 2 April. The UK has already been hit by 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium ...

The 33-year-old is known to have links to Normanton, Knottingley, Castleford, Wakefield and Dewsbury. A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “Extensive enquiries have been carried out to ...

After a controversial first Autumn budget was revealed in October ... But the OBR has warned the Chancellor Rachel Reeves that UK and global economic uncertainty could derail her plans.

Likelihood: High. Reeves did this in her autumn Budget and could easily come back for more, while claiming to strike a blow for first-time buyers. 8. Equalise National Insurance (NI) rates.