Liz Truss had to be convinced to issue a government statement yesterday to calm the markets, Sky News understands. Faced with market turmoil, spiking borrowing costs,...
The Bank of England’s chief economist has said the government’s mini-budget, which led to the pound falling to a record low against the dollar, will require...
MP Rupa Huq has been administratively suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation, after she was accused of making “racist” comments about Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng....
Keir Starmer has announced that a Labour government will create Great British Energy – a new, publicly owned company that will generate renewable sources “to cut...
Glasgow or Liverpool have been announced as the final two UK cities in the running to host the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. The two remaining cities...
The energy regulator has revealed that the vast majority of the country’s energy suppliers have been told to make improvements in how they handle customers struggling...
Friday’s mini-budget that promised billions in tax cuts and a multi-billion pound energy price cap has seen the value of the pound plummet against foreign currencies....
The collapse of the value of the pound in the wake of Friday’s mini-budget appears to have stalled, for now, but only thanks to market expectations...
A judge has ruled that a 14-year-old convicted of shooting schoolboy Keon Lincoln can be now identified. The decision comes as the teenager and four other youths...
Six cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant have been found in Scotland, authorities have confirmed. They are in addition to the three already detected in England....
A third person infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant has been identified in the UK, health officials have said. The individual, who is no longer in...
A snow and ice weather warning is still in place after Storm Arwen battered the UK over the past 48 hours. Some areas are expected to...
Boris Johnson has said that people who come into close contact with anyone who tests positive for coronavirus with the new Omicron variant will have to...
No cases of the new COVID variant have been detected in the UK, but it is highly likely it has now spread beyond southern Africa, the...
A rare red “danger to life” weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for Storm Arwen – with winds so strong they could destroy...
Britain is bringing in travel restrictions for six African countries due to a new COVID variant that UK experts have called the “worst one we’ve seen...
The number of COVID cases the UK has seen since the start of the pandemic has passed 10 million, official figures show. According to government data,...
An alleged victim of a Hull grooming gang has told how she was bitten, beaten and burned during a violent rape – and that police and...
A new and more infectious version of the Delta variant now accounts for 15% of coronavirus cases in the UK, according to the latest government data....
Those who kill emergency service members will face mandatory life sentences after the government decided to back a law change prompted by the death of PC...