The Office for Budget Responsibility said the state finances were facing ‘mounting risks’ in the face of growing debts.

Ofgem found more than 34,000 prepayment meter customers between 2014 and October 2023 did not receive final bills within six weeks.

It comes as education unions have raised concerns about the statutory tests taken by Year 6 pupils in primary schools across England.

Edinburgh and Birmingham airports have become the latest airports to allow passengers to keep liquids in their bags when going through security.

Seraphine struggled amid rising costs and a difficult backdrop for consumer spending, according to administrators.

More than 900 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted between 1999 and 2015, with many wrongly convicted of theft and false accounting.

Ravinder Naga falsely confessed to stealing £35,000 as a result of the Horizon IT faults in a bid to save his mother from prosecution.

Many subpostmasters have criticised the way in which the detailed individual claims are held as those who choose that method are no longer entitled to the fixed £600,000 sum and potentially face ...

Labour wealth taxes could see the richest plug gaps in the budget left by winter fuel and PIP u-turns, but ministers say announcements will have ...

Heidi Alexander said the Government would publish estimates in March for how long the schemes will take to deliver.

Lord Tebbit won sympathy across the political spectrum after surviving the Brighton bomb that killed five people and left his wife in a wheelchair.

Tory grandee Norman Tebbit, one of Margaret Thatcher's most loyal supporters, has died, aged 94. Lord Tebbit died peacefully yesterday at 11.15pm. The Tory stalwart was first elected to the House of ...