The Irish government has provided more details of how it intends to spend its €14bn tax windfall from Apple.The money is being used to beef-up the country's National Development ...

Rob EnglandData Journalist, BBC VerifyJack FenwickPolitical correspondentEPAThe government spent nearly a third less on hotels to house asylum seekers between April 2024 and March 2025, according to newly published ...

Esme StallardClimate and science reporter, BBC NewsChristopher Furlong/Getty ImagesTreated waste water flows into the River Irwell from wastewater treatment works in Bolton in JuneSerious pollution incidents by water companies ...

Lana Lam & Simon AtkinsonBBC NewsEPAUncle Pabai Pabai, right, and Uncle Paul Kabai, both elders from the Torres Strait Islands, travelled to Cairns to hear the decision in their ...

Lucy HookerBusiness reporterGetty ImagesOwnership of the Post Office could be put into the hands of its postmasters, the government has suggested, as it launched a public consultation over the ...

Jonathan JosephsBusiness reporter, BBC NewsBloomberg/GettyThe US government is to become the biggest shareholder in the country's only operational rare earths mine.It is also going to take a series of ...

Ben Chu, Jake Horton, Kayla Epstein & Marco SilvaBBC VerifyBBCIn the aftermath of the fatal Texas floods, some Democrats have warned about the "consequences" of the Trump administration's cuts ...

The government has won a vote on its benefits bill by 75 votes, but only after offering last-minute concessions to Labour rebels.Ministers had already watered down their plans once ...

Pritti Mistry & David McKennaBBC NewsBBCA union says about 1,000 jobs are at risk including contractors and the supply chainThe government is funding the official receiver to ensure the ...

Getty ImagesFood businesses must make it easier for customers to buy healthy food, under new government plans announced on Sunday. Supermarkets and food manufacturers in England will partner with ...

Chris Vallance & Liv McMahonTechnology reportersGetty ImagesPornhub and a number of other major adult websites have confirmed they will introduce enhanced age checks for users from next month.Parent company ...

EPA-EFE/ShutterstockRachel Muller-HeyndykBBC NewsEllie PriceBBC News in central LondonHome Secretary Yvette Cooper says she has decided to proscribe Palestine Action under anti-terror law. This effectively brands the group a terrorist ...