Government borrowing last month jumped to the highest level for May outside the pandemic era despite a boost to the tax take after the Chancellor’s national insurance hike.

The Office for National Statistics said the total volume of retail sales fell by 2.7 in May – the biggest drop since the end of 2023.

Almost 3 million more households will be eligible for £150 discounts on their energy bills next winter, it has been announced. The Warm Home Discount scheme, which helps households in the UK with the ...

A campaign by Upper Nithsdale's MP David Mundell in advance of the switch-off of a vital radio signal service has paid off, with a statement ...

Temperatures had been forecast to hit 32C across the south east on Saturday and had already reached that level on Thursday in London.

A SEX offender convicted of abusing young girls in Ayr has been jailed for a 'pattern of grooming' that left one victim with PTSD. Paul Kane had previously denied multiple charges of sexual assault ...

Each 140g LP is made up of approximately nine recycled bottles, after they are cleaned, processed into small pellets and then moulded into records.

R&B singer Chris Brown is due to appear in court to enter a plea after he was charged over an alleged bottle attack at a ...

The teenager who fatally stabbed 12-year-old Ava White in Liverpool city centre can be named for the first time as he turns 18. Harry Gilbertson was 14 when he carried out the attack on the schoolgirl ...

The family of a “much-loved son, brother and father” who was shot dead in north London have appealed for information about his murder. Mahad Abdi Mohamed, 27, died after being shot in the head in ...

A £28 family sunscreen has failed an annual Which? safety test while a £2.99 supermarket alternative passed with “flying colours”, the watchdog said.

Macmillan said it had seen a noticeable increase in calls to its free support line on taking the drugs during treatment.