Leicestershire County Council's new Reform leadership has scrapped the authority's flag flying policy in its first cabinet meeting. The move, approved at a meeting on Thursday, means a previously agreed…
Sir Mel Stride is pushed to say sorry for Liz Truss's mini-budget by the BBC's Nick Robinson. In a speech last week, Stride disowned Truss's £45bn package of tax cuts,…
A council leader has said an MP's claims the local authority takes a "disproportionate number" of asylum seekers were "misleading and inflammatory". Conservative MP for Stockton West Matt Vickers said…
More RAF jets are being sent to the Middle East amid intense fighting between Israel and Iran, the prime minister has said. Sir Keir Starmer said the military aircraft, including…
The prime minister has announced there will be a full national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs. Sir Keir Starmer said he had accepted the recommendations of an audit by Baroness…
The telephone calls and WhatsApp messages continue apace this weekend between leaders, foreign ministers and diplomats, with the expectation that there are many more days to come in this conflict…
A row has erupted between Nigel Farage and Britain's biggest teaching union, the National Education Union, after it branded Reform UK a "racist and far-right" party. The NEU members called…
The British government announced a series of measures to protect businesses and households from the economic impact of President Trump's tariffs: - Tariffs on 89 products will be suspended for…
US Vice-President JD Vance said there was a "good chance" a trade deal could be reached with the UK, as the dust continues to settle from America's global trade shakeup.…
Vice President JD Vance dropped the College Football Playoff national championship trophy during an event on the White House South Lawn on Monday. As the ceremony honoring the champion Ohio…
