The Work and Pensions Secretary suggested she wanted to see a 100 take-up of pension credit ‘regardless’ of how it impacted savings plans.

Russian forces have struck Kyiv with a sophisticated missile and drone attack for the first time in 73 days, officials said. Air raid warnings blared for hours as Russia targeted eight regions of ...

Transport Secretary Louise Haigh has indicated the Government intends to legalise the use of private e-scooters on public roads. The Cabinet minister said introducing regulations for e-scooters is ...

Havering Council has been given almost £24million to spend on new housing in the borough, amid a desperate financial crisis. The £23.9m, provided by the Greater London Authority (GLA), will go towards ...

Pub group Fuller’s has revealed a £3 million hit from the Budget move to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and joined the growing list of firms warning over price hikes to offset ...

A man has been charged with the murders of a teenage boy and a man in Archway. Leonardo Reid, 15, and 23-year-old Klevi Shekaj died after being stabbed in the Elthorne Road area on June 29, 2023, at ...

Catherine Mann, an economist and member of the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee, has not yet opted to reduce rates.

Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas Moon Embracing the Sun and Queen Woo, has been found dead at his home in the capital Seoul. He was 39. Officials at Seoul’s Seongdong ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...

A fifth person has been charged with murder after a Greek tourist was stabbed to death in a suspected botched robbery.

Actor Timothy West, known for many roles in television and the theatre, has died peacefully in his sleep aged 90 “with his friends and family at the end”, his family said.

An Israeli strike on a home in northern Gaza has killed three siblings aged six and under, Palestinian medics said. The children are among at least six people killed in air strikes in the war-ravaged ...