Sir Keir Starmer will face a grilling from MPs on Wednesday as he attempts to repair relations with his backbenchers.

Compensation payments will increase up to tenfold from July 2 for problems such as low pressure, disruptions to supply or ...

Cameras fitted in offenders’ homes and “smell detectors” to catch out drug use in and outside of prison could be introduced as new technology to monitor criminals and curb reoffending. Tech companies ...

Angela Rayner is set to announce plans to build 180,000 new social homes in the next decade as the Government seeks to “turn the tide on the housing crisis”. The figure would be six times the number ...

MPs have voted to allow the Government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill to advance to the next stage in becoming law.

Former Irish swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in the US on foot of an Irish extradition warrant. Mr Gibney, who had sex offence charges against him dismissed in the 1990s, has lived in ...

The BBC has faced strong criticism for continuing to livestream the performance of punk rap duo Bob Vylan at the festival on iPlayer.

Nettie was left bogged down after walking in sludge at her field in High Halden, near Ashford. Kent Fire and Rescue (KFRS) says its crew was able to remove her with slings before helping her back on ...

The King and Queen were protected by ceremonial female bodyguards for first time in an overcast Scotland as the south sweltered. Charles and Camilla began their official stay in Scotland – known as ...

Legislation is to be brought forward to stop Gerry Adams receiving compensation over being interred in the 1970s, the Northern Ireland Secretary has confirmed. Hilary Benn said that draft laws to ...

Changes to eligibility for the personal independence payment (Pip) will not be made until after a review of the benefit’s assessment process.

The women, aged 70 and 68, died after colliding with the car on Peppard Road in Caversham, Reading at around 7.55am on Friday.