Kemi Badenoch has suggested council tax rises could be needed after claiming local authorities face a £2.4 billion “black hole” next year.

Campaigners’ bid to overturn a “dangerous” redesign of Pembury Circus junction were dealt a blow as Hackney councillors voted to keep ...

The first donations have come in for an annual Christmas appeal - but more are needed. The Kevin Jenkins OBE Newham Christmas Toy Appeal 2024, now in its 47th year, is run by Ambition, Aspire, Achieve ...

Watson was arrested on July 21 when his ship docked in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. A Greenland court has repeatedly approved his detention while Danish authorities look into his possible extradition to ...

Havering Council has said it is "pleased" Romford Market will no longer be impacted by the plans to relocate Smithfield and ...

Train and bus performance statistics will be “plastered on the walls” of Department for Transport (DfT) offices, a Cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told MPs she wants to ...

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said.

The Work and Pensions Secretary suggested she wanted to see a 100 take-up of pension credit ‘regardless’ of how it impacted savings plans.

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

Pub group Fuller’s has revealed a £3 million hit from the Budget move to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and joined the growing list of firms warning over price hikes to offset ...

A man who stabbed a member of staff in the back at Charing Cross station has been jailed. Jonathan Daniel, 21, was asked to move away from the station entrance by a member of staff as he was causing a ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...