The Sentencing Council is expected to suspend guidelines which advise judges to consider the lives of offenders from ethnic minority and other backgrounds before deciding on punishment, government sources...

Women across England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said.Emergency contraception is already free of charge...

Reform UK has launched its "most ambitious" local election campaign with a major rally as the party looks to turn opinion poll momentum into council seats.It has been neck...

The government has threatened to override the body advising judges in England and Wales in a row over how ethnic minority offenders should be sentenced, days before new rules...

Shanaz MusaferBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has set out her plans for the UK economy in her Spring Statement and is on track to meet her self-imposed...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesTalk of growth forecasts and self-imposed financial rules may feel very distant from you and your life, but the Spring Statement could affect both...

Ashlea TraceyBBC News, Isle of ManPAThere have been campaigners for and against the bill since it was brought forwardProposed laws to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of...

Sir Keir Starmer has said that the government can be more efficient by using AI and technology, ahead of the Spring Statement.Questioned on BBC Radio 5 Live on whether...

Becky MortonPolitical reporterGetty ImagesLiberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has called for the UK to stand up to Donald Trump, branding the US president a "bully". In a speech...

Laura KuenssbergPresenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurakBBCThe Spring Statement is fast approaching – and the chancellor faces tough choicesChancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out "tax and spend" policies, signalling that...

Dominic CascianiBBC Home and Legal Correspondent•@BBCDomCPA MediaStephen Yaxley-Lennon, aka Tommy Robinson, argued his mental health was sufferingThe High Court has thrown out an attempt by the far-right activist Stephen...

PA MediaFormer SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with embezzlement.Mr Murrell, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was charged in April...