Kallum Pickering, chief economist at brokerage Peel Hunt, said: “If bond yields rise further, Reeves may be forced to make the economically damaging decision of further increasing taxes or cutting ...

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp.

Around 4,000 people are still without power while 4,500 are without water, though more sub-zero conditions overnight are expected to cause more disruption. The entire island was under weather warnings ...

Sir Oliver, known as Olly, will serve as the new Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

A Russian missile attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has killed at least 13 civilians and injured dozens, a local official said. Footage posted on Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Senedd members’ basic pay could rise by more than £4,300 to £76,380 a year while the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis.

Conservative MP Damian Hinds said the ‘broad framework’ has ‘helped to guard against the politicisation’ of subjects like history ...

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, close to the Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday, in what police called a “horrendous” crime.

Benefits including Child Benefits, Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments (PIP) will increase by 1.7 per cent next April, in line with inflation figures from September. Personal ...

The role of Pembrokeshire’s two ferry ports in handling extra traffic during the closure of the port at Holyhead continues with two ...

The “final hurdle” of plans by one of the UK’s largest housebuilders to build 72 homes, 25 of them affordable, on the outskirts of ...

A predator who groomed an under-age girl online has been jailed for 43 years after he tried to murder her in the street. Ellis Dismore, 24, had sent threatening and disturbing voice messages to ...