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…
Ukrainians can again bring their children to join them in the UK, after the government reversed changes to visa rules. Last February - without notice - the government restricted eligibility…
The Home Office has announced an extra £100m for neighbourhood policing in England and Wales, as part of its pledge to put more officers on the ground by 2029. It…
Here is the text in plain text format, without any HTML code: Five years ago, on 31 January 2020, the UK left the European Union. On that day, Great Britain…
Priti Patel has put out a statement insisting she "was not happy" about the levels of immigration under the previous Conservative government, after earlier defending her party's record. In the…
The UK has restated ambitious plans to reduce its emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases by 81% by 2035, but has not explained how it will achieve the goal. In a…
Endangering lives at sea is to be a new criminal offence carrying a jail term of up to five years as part of plans to tackle people smuggling, the Home…
A court has ruled that consent for two new Scottish oil and gas fields, Rosebank and Jackdaw, was granted unlawfully and their owners must seek fresh approval from the UK…
Here is the plain text of the article without any HTML formatting: Chancellor Rachel Reeves said on Wednesday that "economic growth is the number one mission of this government" as…
