Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will call for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz to be toll-free and unhindered. Source link

Representatives from Shell, BP, Lloyds of London, shipping giant Maersk, and banks such as HSBC and Goldman Sachs joined the meeting to discuss how the government and private sector ...

Critics say the proposed tax could force families to shorten trips or spend their money overseas. Source link

In a report, she wrote: "The government should look closely at its plans for SEND funding, particularly the discrepancies between local authorities, the potential to ringfence budgets, and investment ...

Jayne McCormack & Gareth GordonBBC News NI political correspondentReuters(Left to right) Emma Little-Pengelly, Rachel Reeves and John O'Dowd outside StormontExecutive ministers have warned the chancellor that she must use ...

EPAMacron, Zelensky and Starmer spoke on the phone on SaturdayEuropean allies have rallied behind Ukraine in a renewed surge of support, insisting that any peace talks with Russia must ...

Danny FullbrookBBC News, EssexPeter WalkerBBC News, EssexPete Walker/BBCPolice officers maintain a presence outside Epping Forest District Council offices as a meeting about the unrest takes placeA council is meeting ...

The UN's secretary-general says "aid has dried up the floodgates of horror have re-opened" in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has blocked the entry of all goods and ...

Faisal Islam & Tom EspinerGetty ImagesUK car firms are seeking support from the government as hopes fade a deal can be reached with US President Donald Trump over US ...

James PearsonBBC Political Reporter, Hereford & WorcesterBBCDirector Will Underwood, the sixth-generation at his family firm, said increased NI costs had led to it cutting back on investment plansChancellor Rachel ...

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 ...