Social protection spending is by far the biggest outgoing for the government, accounting for more than a quarter of all its expenditure. This includes the cost of benefits paid ...

Government borrowing in August rose to the highest level for the month since the Covid pandemic in 2021.Official figures show that borrowing - the difference between spending and tax ...

Getty ImagesBelfast was among the areas which was to benefit from a City DealThe UK government is pausing funding of City Deals in Northern Ireland.The deals are regeneration funding ...

Data centres in the UK are to be classified as critical national infrastructure, joining the emergency services, finance and healthcare systems, and energy and water supplies.It means they would ...

England's 11 million renters are set to get more security as Labour introduces a new bill to ban "no-fault" evictions.A Renters’ Rights Bill was introduced by the Conservatives but ...

NI ExecutiveMichelle O'Neill (left) and Emma Little-Pengelly head up Northern Ireland's ExecutiveA public consultation has started on the Northern Ireland Executive's draft programme for government (PfG).The executive’s agenda was ...

Al-Ikhbariya al-Suriyah TVSyrian state-run Al-Ikhbariya al-Suriyah TV broadcast footage purportedly showing a damaged building in the port city of Tartous, west of MasyafAt least 16 people have been killed ...

The UK government will not fight a legal challenge against the decision to grant consent to drill in untapped oil fields off Shetland and Aberdeen. Greenpeace and Uplift jointly ...

The government must ban flavoured and disposable vapes, doctors say, to protect children against a growing epidemic of use in the UK. The British Medical Association says bold action ...

Getty ImagesThe rising cost of public services and benefits has driven government borrowing to higher levels than expected in July, official figures show.Borrowing, the difference between spending and tax ...

Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of ...

The transport secretary has voiced "serious concerns" about rail operator CrossCountry and threatened to take action if things do not improve.In a scathing letter to the train company's interim ...