The Labour Party is starting its second year in control of the government with difficult choices over whether to curb spending or raise taxes.

The Government has been accused of failing to prioritise Northumberland after plans to dual the A66 were given the green ...

Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Goldman Sachs as a senior adviser, marking a return to the firm where he ...

Donald Trump has 'sparked alarm' by threatening a 50% tariff on non-US copper and a 200% tariff on imported pharmaceuticals.

Robert Hayward, a Conservative peer and election expert, told The Independent that the party appears to have “topped out” in ...

Keir Starmer seems disoriented, his authority is damaged, and his popularity is at rock bottom. The only thing he succeeds at ...

Plans for a new mayoral election could be pushed back by a year. Cumberland Council and Westmorland and Furness Council have written to the Government requesting that the proposed 2026 Cumbria mayoral ...

The tariff deadline has now been pushed to August 1, with the possibility of further delays, leaving countries like Japan, ...

They’re both technocratic centrists trying to stave off populism and spiralling debts – and neither are enjoying great ...

Last week in Parliament, I voted against the Government’s Welfare Reform Bill. I was the first Labour MP to state publicly that I would oppose the proposed cuts to sickness and disability benefits - ...

The percentage of UK small businesses in Kent, Sussex and Surrey predicting growth has fallen for the fourth consecutive quarter, plummeting to the low levels seen during the start of the lockdown era ...

As Guernsey's election officially draws to a close and all committee members have now been elected, ITV Channel breaks down ...