The Government is forecast to have spent £313.0 billion on welfare in 2024/25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is the equivalent of 10.9% of UK GDP (gross domestic ...

Here's a full list of locations where School Crossing Patrollers won't return after summer. Following the council's 2025/26 budget, where they faced a £7.7million gap in finances, councillors voted on ...

A woman and two men, who were arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism, have been taken into custody.

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

Joe Duffy has praised the callers as he prepares for his last episode of RTE’s famous phone-in show on Friday afternoon. The Ballyfermot broadcaster, 69, is retiring after 37 years at the station, ...

Last-minute concessions to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms have been welcomed by some campaigners but described as not good enough by others. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at ...

A major search operation is under way near a river for a missing 13-year-old boy. Cleveland Police have appealed for information about Mylo Capilla, who was last seen at around 9pm on Thursday in an ...

Services have been reduced and passenger numbers are below pre-coronavirus levels, a report by the National Audit Office said.

Leah Williamson is ready to lead a ‘new England’ into a huge summer of sport. The Lionesses are preparing to defend their continental title but do so with a squad that looks markedly different from ...

The SMMT said the reduction was mainly due to ongoing model changeovers, restructuring and the impact of US tariffs.

First Minister John Swinney has said it would be “reasonable” for a former principal of the cash-strapped University of ...

Some 126 party backbenchers had signed an amendment that would halt the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in its tracks.