Original welfare proposals had been part of a package expected to save up to £5 billion a year

Labour’s pledge not to raise taxes on ‘working people’ leaves the chancellor with a limited number of workable options to fill the £5bn hole in the public finances left by this week’s welfare climbdown

New XFG.3 varient accounts for a larger proportion than any other individual variant, says UKHSA

Sir Keir Starmer celebrates his first year as prime minister with the largest parliamentary majority in a quarter of a century — a commanding mandate that has brought both opportunity and scrutiny.

Supporting Palestine Action will be punishable by up to 14 years in prison under government plans to make them a proscribed terrorist group

River restoration work maintained lush vegetation and wetlands at a National Trust site in the South West

Three trade deals, five U-turns, 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence, eight ministerial resignations, 49 welfare rebels, record small boat crossings – the statistics behind Keir Starmer’s first year as prime minister explored by Alicja Hagopian and Da...

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad deny assault charges over incident at airport last year

As Sir Keir Starmer marks a year since his huge general election victory, he still has a lot to prove if he wants to continue being prime minister, writes David Maddox

Lord Woodley, who acknowledged his bill to resentence IPP prisoners will not succeed, challenged James Timpson to explain why the government won’t end ‘appalling torture sentences’

Kent County Council leader claims removing ‘trans material’ from shelves is ‘victory for common sense in Kent’

Conservative opposition councillors say an overwhelming number of residents and businesses do not support the 4-day week

Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s deepening welfare crisis, the rise of a Corbyn-Sultana breakaway party, and what it all means for Keir Starmer’s grip on government

Mr Kohli was subjected to a ‘seven-and-a-half minute period of continuing aggression’ at the park

Zarah Sultana announced the formation of a new political party - here is everything we know so far

British Transport Police said the incident is not being treated as suspicious

There were 455,768 offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police from January to June 2025

Thomas Partey played as a defensive midfielder for Arsenal

Adam Lopez, 39, said ringing the National Lottery to claim his winnings was ‘the best call I’ve ever made’

The XFG and XFG.3 variants currently account for around 30 percent of Covid-19 cases in England

The moment a Kent father who killed his baby daughter by shaking her so hard he caused “catastrophic” brain injuries that led to her death was arrested was filmed on police bodycam footage.

‘The democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape’, the former Labour leader said in a statement

Downing Street said the new tactics will have a ‘major impact’ on smuggling gangs

Company addresses hotly-contested question of whether a Jaffa Cake is a cake or a biscuit

The US-themed restaurant was bought out of administration in October

Wantage Road crossing in Grove, Oxfordshire, has been closed by National Rail after a series of dangerous incidents

A pair of thieves hauled wheelie bins stuffed with thousands of pounds of clothes through Nottingham city centre.

It comes after England faced its hottest June on record, and the UK saw its second-hottest June

Visitors to the theme park in Bedford are likely to see rides based on the studio’s most famous film franchises including Minions, Jaws and Jurassic Park

The Metropolitan Police has released footage of arrests made by using live facial recognition (LFR) technology, which has been successful in leading to the arrests of more than 1,000 people across London.

The damage done by pro-Gaza Independents at the general election last year shows what a threat to Labour a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana could be, says David Maddox