Getty ImagesJournalists can request to report from family courts after new transparency rules were announced last yearParents and children experiencing shorter family court hearings following a government review is ...

Hannah RitchieBBC News, SydneyGetty ImagesIt is compulsory for Australians to vote on election day - and many will queue for a customary sausage in breadOn 3 May Australians will ...

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 ...

Suzanne AllanBBC Scotland NewsFamily photoThe McCulloch brothers were unmarried and there were no children to take on their farmThree elderly brothers who were conned out of their family farm ...

Angus CochraneBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesNicola Sturgeon is Scotland's longest-serving first minister having stood down from the role in 2023Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is to stand down as ...

PA MediaInternational Development Minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned over the prime minister's cuts to the aid budget.Earlier this week, Sir Keir Starmer announced funding would be reduced from 0.5% ...

The transport secretary has said she is "not a flight-shaming eco warrior" ahead of her decision over whether Gatwick airport will be allowed to expand.Speaking at an industry event ...

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has used sign language in the Stormont Assembly to introduce the second stage of the Sign Language Bill.The bill recognises and promotes both British Sign ...

Work on a number of new towns will begin before the next general election after more than 100 locations across England were put forward, Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook has ...

Health minister Andrew Gwynne has been sacked after a newspaper revealed he sent a string of offensive and abusive WhatsApp messages.The MP for Gorton and Denton was also suspended ...

Treasury minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned after growing pressure over an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh.She had referred herself to the prime minister's standards adviser, Sir Laurie Magnus, after questions ...

BBC/Malcolm PriorTractors rolled into Oxford as environment secretary Steve Reed launched a 'new deal' for farmersProtesting farmers angry at inheritance tax changes have tried to disrupt a minister's speech ...