The Conservative leader will argue that the rules have become a "minefield that exposes almost every significant public decision to legal challenge". Source link

"After months of negotiations and empty promise, after empty promise, on a supposed $1.5 billion project, Altus Property Group was unable to meet the most basic financial obligation due ...

Police leaders are set to recommend scrapping non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) in a review to be published next month.College of Policing chair Lord Herbert told the BBC a "sensible" ...

Dominic Casciani,Home and legal correspondentandAnna LamchePAJustice Secretary David Lammy at his swearing in ceremony as Lord ChancellorJustice Secretary David Lammy is proposing to massively restrict the ancient right to ...

Budget day has arrived and its policies, predictions, and preparations fill the front pages of the newspapers. The Sun says Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce "new taxes on fun" ...

Rachel Clun,Kris BramwellandEmer MoreauTBCThere has been plenty of speculation about what the Budget will and won't include.Ahead of her speech on Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed both tax ...

David DeansPolitical reporter, BBC Wales NewsGetty ImagesWales is to have its own water watchdog, the Welsh and UK governments have announced.It comes after a review called for the system ...

Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England ...

National Care Service plan 'delayed not scrapped'The Scottish government is again delaying its flagship plans for a National Care Service - but denies reports that the policy has been ...

Getty ImagesThe UK's water regulator Ofwat could be abolished as a new independent commission prepares to launch the largest review of the industry since privatisation in the 1980s.The Independent ...

PA MediaThe transport secretary said the scheme had 'limited success'.A pilot scheme scrapping peak-time ScotRail fares will end in September following “limited success”.Transport Scotland said the project, which saw ...

Previous government made 'unfunded' spending promises - ReevesAround 10 million pensioners will lose their winter fuel payments under new plans announced by the chancellor.From this autumn, those not on ...