Some 126 party backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in its tracks.

Lewis Hamilton has revealed Brad Pitt’s character in the new Formula One blockbuster was based on James Hunt. F1: The Movie, of which seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is an executive producer, ...

Nick Carroll, chief executive of Together for Short Lives, said: “As ministers try to shift greater levels of healthcare from hospitals into communities, our amazing children’s hospices are doing more ...

Discover more about "Britain's most venomous" spider - the noble false widow, from where you'll find it in the UK to how dangerous it is.

Council house applicants requiring an accessible needs home are waiting almost three years, on average, it has been revealed.

Inspector Moloy Campbell said his thoughts were entirely focused on the need to ‘preserve life’ including that of his officers on the ground.

First Minister John Swinney has said it would be “reasonable” for a former principal of the cash-strapped University of ...

The former principal of the crisis-hit University of Dundee has told MSPs “the buck stops with me” for its problems – but he ...

In a letter to MPs, Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall said personal independence payments would be protected.

The think tank report comes as the state of adult social care in England is currently under review by the Casey Commission.

Two Met Police officers have been dismissed after being found to have committed gross misconduct in relation to the ‘disproportionate’ search.

Justin Welby resigned as archbishop of Canterbury last year in the wake of a review of sexual abuse committed by a Christian camp leader.