A prison officers’ union has called for urgent action after attacks at two jails left prison officers injured.

The unemployment rate was just under 4.20% in the three months to the end of June 2024 – the last measurement before the general election. It has since risen to a little over 4.53% in the three months ...

Mr Justice McAlinden, president of the Victims’ Payment Board, described the definition of the current scheme as “very restrictive”. He said he regrets that those who were bereaved in the Troubles are ...

The driest spring so far in more than a century is continuing, the Met Office said, as some farmers hope for “substantial” rain amid drought concerns. So far this spring, 80.6mm of rain has been ...

More than 30,000 people in the UK were infected with viruses, including HIV and hepatitis C, after receiving contaminated blood.

Great British Energy will not invest in any supply chains that involve slave labour, energy minister Michael Shanks has said, with measures to establish the state-owned energy company on the verge of ...

Official figures are forecast to show a bounce in the first quarter of the year, before April’s tax rises and Donald Trump’s tariff announcement.

Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.

The backlash to Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on immigration has been “way overblown”, a senior Cabinet minister has said. The Prime Minister has faced criticism for the language he used in the speech, ...

The closure affected thousands of vehicles heading to or from locations such as Heathrow and Gatwick airports.

Care staff working at Enable Scotland are to go on strike in a dispute over pay in the first national care walkout in more than a decade, Unison has announced. The strike will roll out across five ...

Former Cunard staff and guests have come forward with their memories after an appeal to track down the faces featured in an exhibition marking the shipping line’s 185th anniversary.