Former prime minister Rishi Sunak said he would ‘stop the boats’ as one of five key pledges for his premiership, on January 4 2023.

The UK Government “must do more” to help bring home Israeli hostages kidnapped on October 7, their families have said. Speaking at a press conference in central London, the relatives said a deal must ...

Emergency services were called at around 2.50pm on Saturday to the property near the A66, north of Warcop, Cumbria.

Coronation Street has been named Best Soap at the 2024 Inside Soap Awards as the programme scooped six trophies.

Restaurants will be banned from withholding tips from staff under new legislation coming into force on Tuesday (October 1).

Laila Soueif, 68, said she will not eat again until her son, Alaa Abd El-Fattah, is released from prison in Egypt.

Members of the largest education union in the UK have voted to accept the Government’s 5.5% pay rise for teachers in England. In a National Education Union (NEU) snap poll, 95% of members who ...

The Lord Chancellor has asked the Parole Board to reconsider its recommendation that Steven Ling be freed after serving 27 years for murder.

Fans in the UK and Ireland complained about prices more than doubling from what was originally quoted to them for Live ’25 show tickets.

Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves “sees more black holes than Mr Spock”, a Conservative leadership hopeful has claimed. Tom Tugendhat said October’s Budget could “destroy growth” in the UK and he ...

The Conservatives’ social media strategy is “10 years out of date”, according to leadership candidate Robert Jenrick. Mr Jenrick labelled the party’s strategy as “really poor” during the general ...

The UK Government is doing “everything we can” to help Britons flee Lebanon, Downing Street has said. Foreign Secretary David Lammy chaired a ministerial meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on ...