The co-leaders of Aberdeen City Council have called for a meeting with the Home Secretary over the housing of asylum seekers.Ian Yuill and Christian Allard have written to Shabana ...

Philip Sim and Megan BonarBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesDouglas Alexander has been appointed Secretary of State for ScotlandDouglas Alexander has become Secretary of State for Scotland after the sacking of ...

The justice secretary will be able to veto any new changes to sentencing guidelines proposed by an independent public body, the Justice Department has announced.Under the new plans, the ...

Talks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association (BMA) will take place next week in a bid to avert strike action in England's NHS.Resident doctors, previously ...

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 ...

Sam FrancisPolitical reporterHome secretary vows 'fundamental shift' in immigration systemCare workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the ...

The Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has rejected calls from the family of MP Sir David Amess for a public inquiry into his murder,In a letter addressed to Lady Julia ...

Joe Haines, political journalist and press secretary to former Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson, has died aged 97, A Labour spokesman has confirmed.Haines joined Wilson's Downing Street operation in ...

ReutersLouise Haigh has resigned as transport secretary after pleading guilty to a criminal offence related to incorrectly telling police that a work mobile phone was stolen in 2013.In a ...

PA MediaNeil Gray used the Scottish government car service for four Aberdeen games Health Secretary Neil Gray was "doing his job" when he used a ministerial car to attend ...

Campaigners raise concerns about Alan Milburn's private sector links in his new role overseeing NHS reforms. Source link

PA MediaHilary Benn has sent a letter to the Stormont speakerThe Secretary of State has triggered the process to enable MLAs to vote on the controversial post-Brexit trading arrangements.Hilary ...