The Work and Pensions Secretary suggested she wanted to see a 100 take-up of pension credit ‘regardless’ of how it impacted savings plans.

Kemi Badenoch has suggested council tax rises could be needed after claiming local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole” next year. The Conservative Party leader used Prime Minister’s Questions ...

Scotland’s First Minister has given farmers a “cast-iron” guarantee to return £46 million taken from the agriculture budget to combat the cost-of-living crisis. The cash was taken in 2022 and 2023 as ...

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said.

Homesbase stores across Suffolk are at risk of closure which could lead to hundreds of job losses. The DIY retailer is in the process of preparing to appoint administrators, with 130 stores likely to ...

A historic pub has extended a special autumnal offer for another month after it proved such a hit with customers. The management team behind pub and restaurant group, Moss & Co, last month called on ...

Even after the military gave permission for a delivery to the northernmost part of Gaza, virtually cut off from food for more ...

Wes Streeting said he recognised the pressures that organisations which provided care outside the public sector were facing.

The new version of the song will feature voices from three previous editions of the song, Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014).

Officers received a report of a disturbance at a house on Sceptre Place, in the Elswick area of the city, at 6.30pm on Monday.

In his resignation statement, Mr Welby said he was quitting “in sorrow with all victims and survivors of abuse” and that the past few days had “renewed my long-felt and profound sense of shame at the ...

NHS England will carry out a ‘no holds barred’ review of NHS performance across England with the results made public in league tables.