GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by one point to minus 16, marking 10 years since the barometer was ...

The Queen’s Reading Room has unveiled plans for its second major research project, deepening understanding of the benefits of shared reading.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised his European allies for what he portrayed as the continent’s slow and ...

At least two people were killed when landslides hit a house and campground in New Zealand, while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said. The first hit a house in ...

Sir Ed Davey has hit out at Donald Trump over the president’s claim that Nato troops stayed “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Mr Trump renewed his ...

A former Labour minister has announced he will stand down as an MP for medical reasons, paving the way for a potential Westminster return for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham.

Ms Mahmood is understood to believe the current system, which sees each of the 43 forces pay for separate headquarters and administrative staff, wastes money that could be spent on fighting crime.

Sir Keir Starmer said he will discuss how to “take the vital steps” towards strengthened security in the Arctic with Denmark’s prime minister, who thanked him for the UK’s support during “quite a ...

Donald Trump is suing banking giant JP Morgan Chase and its chief executive Jamie Dimon for five billion dollars (£4bn), accusing the firm of debanking him and his businesses for political reasons ...

John Healey has said fitting Typhoon fighter jets with a radar capable of “jamming the most advanced enemy systems” will help keep the aircraft “ahead of adversaries”. The Defence Secretary announced ...

Families said they were ‘left at the mercy of a hospital with a defective ventilation system and a defective water system’.

To tell us to get on with it isn’t good enough,’ the Northern Ireland First Minister said after an East-West Council meeting.