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Labour is facing a ‘battle for the very future and the heart and soul of our country’, Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said.
The strikes targeted at least nine sites ‘where terrorist attacks against India have been planned’, India’s defence ministry said.
MPs have rejected a bid to force public authorities to record sex data purely based on biological sex, amid concerns it would lead to the “mass outing of trans people”. The Conservatives had put ...
US Vice President JD Vance has said Russia was “asking for too much” in its initial peace offer as the United States looks to bring about an end to the war in Ukraine.
It is becoming “increasingly difficult” for the Stormont Executive to mitigate decisions being made at Westminster, Northern Ireland’s Finance Minister has said. John O’Dowd said decisions, such as ...
Sir Keir Starmer faces a growing backbench rebellion over cuts to a disability benefit, Labour MPs have indicated after the party lost almost 200 council seats in England last week. One of the party’s ...
West Lindsey in Lincolnshire had the highest proportion of people aged 18 and over living with obesity in 2023/24.
Some victims of the infected blood scandal will die before they receive compensation and the current number of people who have received a payout is “unsatisfactory”, the Government has admitted.
South Ayrshire Council has been awarded £16 million by the UK Government as part of its Levelling Up Fund. The money will be used by the local authority to develop proposals to help transform Burns ...
The stabbing of a bank customer in Derby city centre is still being investigated and two people have been arrested.
Disney will build its seventh theme park, this one in the United Arab Emirates, the entertainment company said on Wednesday. The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island on the outskirts of Abu ...
Harbour Energy has revealed plans to axe around 250 jobs in Scotland as the firm laid the blame on “punitive” government measures. The oil and gas firm said the cuts – about a quarter of its workforce ...