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UK has not given US permission to use RAF bases for Iran strikes

The US has been pressuring Iran to agree to curb its nuclear programme. It has threatened possible strikes if it fails to do so...

Starmer appoints Antonia Romeo as head of UK civil service

The cabinet secretary is the prime minister's most senior policy adviser and sits next to them during cabinet minister meetings, which usually take place...

Child poverty figures in the UK expected to be revised down

Tom Wernham, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, told the BBC using administrative records to "correct benefit amounts is going to...

Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform

Farage's visit comes against a backdrop of increased tension and rhetoric around the immigration.On Tuesday, the Reform leader launched a scheme called Operation Restoring...

Energy price cap: Typical annual household bill to rise by £35 in October

Campaigners say many households are still struggling to pay bills, as well as repay £4bn of energy debt that built up during a period...

Reform UK would pay countries for migrant return deals

A Reform UK government would give migrants the option to return voluntarily and offer them £2,500 for doing so as part of a "carrot...

Tool used to assess domestic abuse risk doesn’t work, Jess Phillips admits

The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) says that about 20% of all police recorded crime relates to domestic abuse, accounting for over 400,000 recorded...

Council debt 2025: Scale of local authority deficits revealed

The council said it had no choice but to invest in order to fill the gap in income it had received from central government...

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

Fracking has been going on in the British oil and gas sector for decades and largely flew under the political radar until about 2010,...

Government plans to overhaul asylum appeals system

The government is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system, as it tries to cut the number of migrants staying in hotels while...

Pub and travel bans proposed in sentencing overhaul

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said widening the range of sentencing options short of prison time was part of Labour's plan to cut crime and...

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