Rishi Sunak plays down help for businesses over gas prices, despite growing alarm

As a Christmas showdown looms while Brussels sets out plans to resolve Northern Ireland crisis by end of year, John Rentoul will be on hand to answer your latest questions on Brexit

Health secretary accused of ‘stirring up anti-GP rhetoric’ as he sets out plan for leagues tables

‘We’re ready to block everything,’ French fishermen warn

The world’s greatest minds should be ‘fixed on trying to repair this planet’, Prince William said

Christmas showdown looms as Brussels sets out plans to resolve Northern Ireland crisis by end of year

Dr Jenny Harries said the data showed the ‘pandemic is not over’

Police have warned the public not to approach the men

Retailers warn of shortages for consumers as vessels diverted away from Felixstowe due to backlogs

A teenager who was stabbed to death in Twickenham, south-west London, has been named as an Afghan who came to the UK as a lone child refugee.

Almost all hospitality and catering firms cannot find enough staff, the poll suggests

Lawyers said a new Bill is ‘biggest legal assault on refugee law ever seen in the UK’

‘It is time all political parties caught up with the public,’ drug policy reform campaigners say

‘Entirely avoidable’ loss of vital carbon sinks indicate new legislation is ‘worse than toothless’, environment organisations say

UK attracting ‘relatively limited’ number of hauliers in bid to stop Christmas shortages, admits government

Energy supplies will continued to affected customers, says Ofgem

Travellers say they have missed flights as a result of the issue

Exclusive: “To learn that two in five Black employees have left a job due to these issues is a sombre reminder of the consequences of inaction,” a research consultant said.

Conservative minister Oliver Dowden apologised on Wednesday following the release of a government report admitting its failings in handling the pandemic

‘I don’t think anyone can be immune from what they have experienced,’ veteran tells Kim Sengupta

MP’s behaviour ‘caused considerable distress and alarm to her victim’ say prosecutors

EU Brexit chief Maros Sefcovic unveiled the proposals on Wednesday afternoon

‘Tracking women’s movements is not a solution for male violence’ says campaigner

English Defence League founder hired private investigator

EU unveils package of measures to assuage UK concerns on Northern Ireland

Sam Imrie denies all of the nine charges against him, three of which come under the Terrorism Act

Guitarist believed to have been studying in eastern European country when he was killed

Friends say they told police first victim had been with Port, who they believed was ‘dodgy as f**k’

Local councillors are calling for the name to be changed

Nicole Newman, 23, died at the scene, while eight-month-old Luciano passed away seven days later

Officer ‘took predatory steps for his own sexual gratification and personal gain,’ investigation finds

Regulation could make UK ‘green finance capital of the world’, says Ed Miliband

Figures ‘far worse than we feared’, says homelessness charity Crisis

Exclusive: Campaigners warn of threat to independence of Electoral Commission from Boris Johnson’s bill

Help goes mainly to ‘higher income’ households rather than poorest, scathing report finds

Norway’s prime minister-designate has presented his proposal for a two-party, center-left minority government that is pledging to pursue “a fair climate policy that cuts emissions and creates jobs.”

Surge in electricity prices reverses climate action ahead of Cop26 summit

Drivers could be in line for up to £10,500 each for every year they have worked, if the claim is successful

GDP still below pre-pandemic peak as global and domestic shortages bite

Exclusive: Lack of in-person clinic appointments has forced some to use the pill or even access abortion services

Comments prompt warning from Ireland that UK may be ‘acting in bad faith’ over Northern Ireland Protocol

Toby Shone pleaded guilty to eight drug offences after terror allegations dropped

Britain and the European Union are once again trading insults and accusations as they wrangle over Brexit

Bloc expected to offer fewer border checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain

A teenage hairdresser complained after being told to ‘pull herself together’

Leaders respond to devastating reports that new east-west line will be scaled down, while HS2 Yorkshire leg will be shelved

Billy Hood, 24, says he was forced to sign false confession in Arabic

Exposure to nitrogen dioxide has decreased by 20 per cent on average across London since 2016, the study found

‘The deputy prime minister and foreign secretary will share access to Chevening,’ government spokesperson says

Adapting just as important as action to cut emissions, UK government told

Campaigners claim ‘government by WhatsApp is dangerous and unlawful’

PM has failed to treat summit with ‘seriousness it deserves’, says Labour

Ex-health secretary criticised over failure to support Covid vaccine production in developing world

Young social media users being introduced to antisemitism through apps, Hope Not Hate warns