Council tax bills in England are expected to increase by up to 5% next April, amid Tory warnings that local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole”.

The UK Government has not announced it will be offering free bus fares to immigrants in the Budget, or otherwise. However, there have been proposals for free bus fares for those seeking asylum from ...

A “fairytale” picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria on her visits to Balmoral has been saved from ruin by a conservation charity. Built by Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Princess Louise, around ...

The UK Government announced its decision to relinquish sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius last month.

The Band and Bugles of The Rifles performed the track ahead of the King attending the Gladiator II premiere on Wednesday evening.

The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

A trial at the High Court in Edinburgh heard that on August 10 2022, MacDonald is accused of murdering his brother-in-law John MacKinnon, after allegedly repeatedly discharging a shotgun at him, in ...

Marcus Osborne fatally attacked his former partner, Katie Higton, and her new boyfriend Steven Harnett in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, in May 2023.

Sir Keir Starmer has said he was expecting to see Nigel Farage included in America’s immigration statistics, as he joked that the Reform UK leader was making a “rare appearance in Britain”. Prior to ...

Sir Keir Starmer resisted pressure from an Independent MP during Prime Minister’s Questions to describe the war in Gaza as “genocide”. When asked for his definition of the word, Sir Keir told the ...

DIY retailer Homebase could be heading for a partial collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk, amid reports that the chain has appointed insolvency experts with a potential buyer of parts of its ...

Spy-accused former soldier Daniel Khalife had a 30-minute phone conversation with an Iranian agent while posted at a US army base, a court has heard. The three calls “rekindled” Iran’s interest in ...