If you can work, you should,’ social security minister Sir Stephen Timms told MPs before they voted on the welfare reforms.

The largest Reform-led council is due to unveil its “first big savings” from cost-cutting initiatives as opposition parties complain of “poor governance” during their first two months in power.

Mother of the House Diane Abbott, former minister Dawn Butler, and Andy McDonald were among those who voted against the Government.

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded. Benedict Blythe, who was ...

Rachael Maskell said pressing ahead with the welfare reform Bill risked leaving “such a stain” on her party, as she urged ministers to scrap a proposed change to the out-of-work element of universal ...

Hassan Jhangur hit five people with his car when he arrived at his sister’s wedding reception, where a fight had broken out between the ...

Ryanair celebrates 7 million passengers through Glasgow Airport, announcing 74 weekly flights for summer 2025 across seven routes.