Sir Keir Starmer has declined to say he would stand by Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise VAT, income tax or national ...

The Education Secretary also said ministers back the general principals of an MSP’s Bill that aims to minimise the use of ...

The First Minister used a speech to paint Nigel Farage’s party as a threat in a bid to drive voters to the SNP.

Prosecutors allege Wandelt, from Lubin in south-west Poland, peddled the myth she is Madeleine, who went missing aged three ...

The closure of a prominent fuel stop on the A9 is only "temporary" and the community will be kept informed when it reopens, a ...

A migrant sex offender who was mistakenly released from prison was given £500 as he was deported back to Ethiopia. Hadush ...

Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the move is necessary because of the ’emergency situation’ inside Scotland’s jails.

Graham Norton has said he is “delighted” to be the newest ambassador for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – where he started his ...

Reform UK’s Lee Anderson has admitted he used to “game the system” to help people get on benefits and accused Citizens Advice of continuing to do so. The Ashfield MP told a press conference in central ...

The Attorney General has blamed the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case on “out of date” UK espionage laws which he said were “not fit for purpose”.

There is considerable regional variation in the data, with the proportion of children in long-term workless households in 2024 ranging from highs of 16.6% in north-east England and 12.4% in the North ...