The largest Reform-led council is due to unveil its “first big savings” from cost-cutting initiatives as opposition parties complain of “poor governance” during their first two months in power.

Mother of the House Diane Abbott, former minister Dawn Butler, and Andy McDonald were among those who voted against the Government.

If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Bury and Rochdale are in line to reap the rewards of the huge multi-million pound Simister Island project. On Tuesday, July 8, the government officially signed off on agreeing funding for the major ...

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.

A police officer has denied he “lost control” in the aftermath of being allegedly assaulted by two brothers at Manchester Airport.

A former employee at a Fife children’s home has told the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) that allegations of abuse made against him by former residents are “absolute nonsense”. The inquiry was ...