Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a statutory three-year freeze on private residential rent increases, adding to political pressure over housing affordability and ...

The House of Commons Treasury Committee has asked HM Revenue and Customs for details on possible tax implications arising from the Premier League’s financial investigation into ...

Royal Marines have returned to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War for exercises intended to strengthen regional defence cooperation and support NATO...

An Institute of Directors survey shows softer business sentiment as elevated borrowing costs, taxes and energy expenses prompt companies to postpone capital spending and rely mo...

The Office for National Statistics has revised second-quarter economic growth to 0.5%, supported by stronger services activity and higher business investment.

The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee has highlighted risks from autonomous artificial intelligence systems in financial test environments, warning that unexpected al...

The Ministry of Justice has widened early-release rules across England and Wales as authorities try to relieve persistent capacity pressure in the prison system.

Agricultural authorities say bluetongue infections across England and Scotland have exceeded the combined total of the previous three years, as warmer conditions support the spr...

Chancellor John Healey and Prime Minister Andy Burnham face mounting pressure as weaker growth and higher borrowing costs reduce the government’s room for manoeuvre, raising the...

The yield on 30-year British government debt has climbed to 6% for the first time since 1998, as higher oil and gas prices linked to Middle East conflict intensify concerns over...