Getty ImagesThere has been speculation that November's Budget could see Chancellor Rachel Reeves break Labour's pre-election pledge not to increase income tax, National Insurance (NI) or VAT for working ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesThe debate around stamp duty is intensifying. When Kemi Badenoch said a future Conservative government would abolish it on the purchase of main homes, ...

Naomi Clarke and Adam MandevilleBBC News NIBBCLocal residents said they were worried that privatisation would price them out of using their leisure centresArds and North Down Council have voted ...

Some MPs have piled pressure on the government to change tack on its proscription of Palestine Action after another weekend of mass arrests.There were 890 arrests at a demonstration ...

Christine RoTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesBrake dust and tyre wear are significant sources of pollutantsGarage owner Kevan Gibbons has noticed many changes in his 45 years in the motor trade.Cars are ...

A landmark decision by a top UN court has cleared the way for countries to sue each other over climate change, including over historic emissions of planet-warming gases.But the ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesChancellor Rachel Reeves has shelved any immediate changes to tax-free Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).But the Treasury is still keen to encourage more investment in ...

Mark PoyntingClimate reporter, BBC NewsGetty ImagesA second spell of temperatures well over 30C before we've even got to the end of June - how unusual is this and how ...

Getty ImagesTuvalu is the world's second lowest-lying countryMore than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently ...

Jonathan GeddesBBC Glasgow and West reporterGetty ImagesGlasgow's skyline could change after a new tall buildings policy was introducedThink of skyscrapers and images come to mind of New York City's ...

Invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five years instead of every three for women aged 25-49 in England, if they have a negative test.Research shows they ...

Actor and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger has told the BBC people should "stop whining" about US President Donald Trump's approach to climate change.Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg at the Austrian World ...