MPs have warned of a “long road ahead” to improve the children’s social care sector amid rising need and a “severe” shortage of appropriate placements for young people. The Education Committee noted a ...

Belfast City Council has announced its intention to remove a bonfire close to an electricity substation in the city.

The Prime Minister hopes the French president will sign up to a “one in, one out” deal when they hold a Franco-British summit at Downing Street.

The June survey of property professionals marked the first time since December 2024 that buyer demand has moved out of negative territory.

The UK Health Security Agency issued yellow heat health alerts on Wednesday covering parts of central and southern England, valid until July 15.

But Dean, who wrote the song It Isn’t Perfect But It Might Be for the Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy soundtrack, said she feels “very comfortable by myself and don’t feel like I need to be in a ...

Sir Jake, who served as Tory chairman in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, said the Conservatives have ‘lost their way’.

Al Carns, the veterans minister, promised to increase the number of staff processing applications by five, effectively doubling the size of the team.

The largest Reform-led council is due to unveil its “first big savings” from cost-cutting initiatives as opposition parties complain of “poor governance” during their first two months in power.

The document builds on other investigations by international and Israeli human rights groups and the United Nations.

If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.