The Treasury has earmarked several billion pounds in draft spending cuts to welfare and other government departments amid expectations the chancellor's room for manoeuvre has all but been wiped ...

Karen HogganBusiness reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesCompanies are planning to cut jobs or recruit fewer people ahead of rises to National Insurance payments and wages, according to a survey of ...

Lidl has become the latest supermarket to announce a pay rise for thousands of workers ahead of the increase to the minimum wage in April.The German-owned discount chain says ...

Heathrow Airport is set to confirm a multi-billion pound investment plan to expand two of its terminals ahead of submitting proposals for a third runway to the government this ...

PA MediaThe oil refinery is expected to close later this year Some workers at the Grangemouth refinery have been sent redundancy letters by their employer Petroineos. The site, which ...

A series of photographic portraits of high-profile artists have gone on display before they are auctioned to raise funds for a charity supporting homeless people.One Step Closer by Marco ...

Nick Eardley & Matt MurphyBBC VerifyPA MediaThe Royal Navy released images of the Sparta II (centre) as it moved through international waters in late December, before arriving in SyriaTwo ...

Megan BonarBBC Scotland NewsWatch the latest Storm Éowyn red warning for ScotlandAn emergency alert has been sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of a rare red weather ...

PA MediaStorm Éowyn is expected to bring 90mph winds to parts of the UKDozens of schools have announced they will be closed on Friday as Storm Éowyn is expected ...

Lord Peter Mandelson, the next UK ambassador to the US, has praised Donald Trump and said his will be "one of the most consequential" presidencies in modern times. In ...

North Wales Fire and Rescue spent the night pumping the water away from a culvert and the brook.People in a Flintshire village have been up all night trying to ...

Former deputy prime minister Sir Nick Clegg is to step down from his current job as president of global affairs at social media giant Meta.In a post on Meta's ...