Councils have been left with a near-£100 million bill to cover the increase in national insurance, the local authority body has said. Finance Secretary Shona Robison announced on Tuesday the Scottish ...

Lord Mandelson has sought to play down past comments about Mr Trump since Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer appointed him in December. He praised Mr Trump as a “nice person” and a “fair-minded person” ...

A man who left an abusive voice message for MP Naz Shah has been given a suspended prison sentence, prosecutors have said. Thomas Mearing, 26, pleaded guilty to a public communications offence at ...

Somerset Council has said it is “extremely disappointed” after having its bid to form a devolved Wessex group rejected by the government.

Thousands of people have added £35 million to their State Pension pots by filling in gaps in their National Insurance record, HMRC has announced. A combined 68,673 years have been added to people’s ...

Security minister Dan Jarvis has told the Commons Axel Rudakubana’s case should have been case managed, not closed.

Aldi was the cheapest supermarket in the UK in January, narrowly beating out rival Lidl, consumer experts Which? have found. Their monthly analysis, which involves comparing the average price of a ...

A suspect in a fatal shooting that left one dead and five others wounded at a cosmetics warehouse in the US has been arrested, officials said in a news release. New Albany Police Chief Greg Jones says ...

Argentina’s decision is based on ‘profound differences in health management, especially during the (Covid-19) pandemic’, a spokesman said.