The Ministry of Defence is considering the possibility of sending British troops to Ukraine to help train its armed forces. Defence Secretary John Healey has been in the capital Kyiv…
The government has announced an extra £700m for English council budgets next year as a "first step" to rebuild their finances. The top-up brings additional funding for next year to…
The blunt truth is it has long been highly unlikely that this government or its Conservative predecessor would pay compensation to women hit by changes to the state pension age.…
The UK government has insisted Mauritius is ready to finalize a deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, despite the country's new PM demanding better terms. Under the agreement…
Armed forces veterans and their families will get priority access to social housing under new rules published by the government. Councils will have to prioritise veterans for social housing and…
MPs and peers could be forced to submit to criminal record checks due to their level of access to young and vulnerable people, under proposals launched by a new MP.…
Here is the result in plain text: A government minister has revealed she covertly tested the Ask for Angela safety scheme at venues across the UK until she became too…
Tens of thousands of pensioners are unlikely to receive their Winter Fuel Payments before the end of the year as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been grappling…
Mauritius says it has submitted changes to a proposed deal over the future of the Chagos Islands, with the country's new PM saying the original agreement did not benefit his…
Senior judges have upheld a decision by MI5 to warn that an alleged Chinese agent had infiltrated Parliament and funded a Labour MP and others. In a highly significant judgment,…
