UK interest rates are expected to remain at 4.75%, with rising inflation and wage growth persuading the Bank of England’s policymakers to keep rate cuts on pause, experts think. The Bank will announce ...

Sir Keir Starmer will face an end-of-term grilling from senior MPs on Thursday after an opening few months in office which have seen Labour’s poll ratings plummet. The Prime Minister will take ...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear in court in early January to face claims that he should be held in contempt for failing to turn over assets including a New York apartment ...

A Russian intelligence agency says it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was ...

The rules around donations to political parties need strengthening to “protect the electoral system from foreign interference”, the head of the elections watchdog has said. Vijay Rangarajan, chief ...

The Government has announced it is doubling funds to support workers and businesses affected by job losses at a giant Tata steel plant. Ministers said an extra £15 million will be made available for ...

A former shadow employment minister is among those urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to ‘reconsider’ the decision.

The UK has pledged a new £225 million package of support for Ukraine after the Defence Secretary said the situation in the country is “critical”. On a trip to Kyiv, John Healey said that the UK will ...

The northern giant hornet was first spotted five years ago but there have been no further sightings since 2021.

The homeowner was working in his garden when he spotted what he thought were baseballs but turned out to be the ancient beast’s teeth.

A top lawyer representing Manchester City has claimed human rights issues would “distract” a new football regulator if it was required to consider them. Lord Pannick, who has previously been hired by ...

A leading health charity has sounded the alarm over a dip in the proportion of people taking up the offer for cancer screening as new figures show how effective the tests are at catching cancers early ...