There will be “financial consequences” to Sir Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet minister has said, as he declined to rule out tax rises. Pat McFadden said ministers ...

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Leaders have been told they may wish to set ‘activity planning assumptions’, which can include introducing minimum waiting times.

Hamas has suggested it is open to a ceasefire agreement with Israel but insisted on its longstanding position that any deal must bring an end to the war in Gaza.

US media group Paramount has agreed to pay 16 million dollars (£11 million) to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over the editing of an interview with then-vice president Kamala Harris.

Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive who is Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband, has been granted legal aid. Murrell, who faces a charge of embezzlement, has had an application for solemn ...

US rapper Ye was stripped of a visa to enter Australia after he released his single Heil Hitler, a government minister has said. Home affairs minister Tony Burke revealed that Ye – formerly known as ...

Angela Rayner has defended Sir Keir Starmer as “doing the job for Britain” as he approaches his first year in office. The Deputy Prime Minister said “there’s been a lot going on” in the 12 months ...

A 28-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of pregnant mother-of-two Sarah Montgomery in Co Down. Zak Hughes, from Ardglen Place in Belfast, was also charged with child ...

Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report found a fire that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was due to a preventable technical fault. The report by the National Energy ...

Many observers believe there eventually will be rival Dalai Lamas — one appointed by China, and one by senior monks loyal to the current ...

A man found dead in a flat in north Glasgow has been named by police. On Sunday, June 29, police were called to Charles Street in the Royston area where a man was found dead at the scene. A ...