Four new laws will tackle the threat of child sexual abuse images generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the government has announced. The Home Office says that, to better protect children,…
Sir Keir Starmer should "fire the starting gun" on creating a new UK-EU customs union at a meeting with European leaders in Brussels on Monday, the Liberal Democrats have said.…
The Home Office's response to the "serious and growing problem" of violence against women and girls (VAWG) has been ineffective, the UK's spending watchdog has said. In a report published…
It has been a wild January for Rachel Reeves and frankly for economics in the UK and the world. When Labour swept to victory last summer, Reeves pledged she would…
Here is the plain text result: As I listened to coverage of Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing her backing for airport expansion and a UK Silicon Valley in the south-east of…
The UK needs to "up its game" and get a work ethic in order to compete in the global economic race, Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said. Speaking…
When Sir Keir Starmer was preparing to run for the Labour leadership in 2020, his campaign director told him what mattered to the party. Morgan McSweeney emphasised that whatever their…
About 9% of England's farming land will need to be converted into forest and wild habitats by 2050 to meet the government's net zero and nature targets. The benchmark was…
The prime minister believes Brexit has had some benefits, Downing Street has said on the fifth anniversary of the UK leaving the European Union. A No 10 spokesman pointed to…
AstraZeneca has scrapped plans to invest £450m in expanding a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside, blaming a reduction in government support. The pharmaceutical giant announced its decision just two days…
