Independent analysis by think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research looked at Treasury figures between 2009/10 and 2022/23.

Labour backbenchers have called for a Government U-turn on planned disability benefit cuts, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves restored winter fuel payments to a majority of pensioners. Ms Reeves’ £1.25 ...

The mother of an autistic teenager who was groomed and “brainwashed” by right-wing extremists says she was not treated as a vulnerable child before she took her own life.

Rhianan Rudd died in a children’s home in May 2022, five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped.

A defence lawyer implored Judge Curtis Farber to declare a mistrial, calling it a ‘tainted jury’ and a ‘runaway jury’.

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

Peter Brooks, 61, stabbed Graeme Perks and doused the ground floor of his home in petrol in the early hours of January 14 2021.

Valdo Calocane killed students Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65, in the city in June 2023.

Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte has said he sees no discrepancy between the UK’s current defence spending goals and his own push for members to reach 5% of GDP. The Nato chief would not reveal the ...

A 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in Manchester has been named by police as Ibrahima Seck, with his family paying tribute to him as “funny, caring and hardworking”. Ibrahima was found with ...

A PERSON has been taken to hospital after a two-vehicle crash near Bridgwater today (Monday, June 9). Believed to have happened around 2:40pm, police closed off the J23 slip road near Bridgwater after ...

The former Tory leader described the Government’s response to plans for a new Chinese embassy in London as ‘Project Kowtow’.