Exclusive: Party will keep plan to invest in green infrastructure but will in effect cut green ambitions by about two-thirds Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are ditching Labour’s flagship policy pledge to spend £28bn a year on green investment, party sources have said. The sources said the party would keep […]

Foreign secretary suggests after a ceasefire, UK would not need to wait for end of what could be years of talks on a two-state solution The UK could officially recognise a Palestinian state after a ceasefire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of what could be years of talks […]

Police share photo of suspect showing maimed right side of his face as they warn public not to approach him Clapham chemical assault – latest updates Scotland Yard is hunting a “significantly injured” suspected chemical attacker who allegedly left a “vulnerable” young woman and her toddler with potentially life-changing wounds […]

Cross-party committee also recommends overhaul of ‘outdated and regressive’ council tax Ministers must urgently inject £4bn into English town hall budgets to head off an “out of control” financial crisis that threatens to drag well-run councils into bankruptcy and put local services at risk, a cross-party group of MPs has […]

Chris Wray tells House committee there has been been far too little public focus on a sleeper cyber threat that affects ‘every American’ US officials say they have disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing […]

Mike Freer of the Ministry of Justice says the threats to his safety are ‘too much’ and may be related to his pro-Israel views A government minister has said he will stand down at the next general election after a series of death threats and an arson attack on his […]

Five people are in hospital after a man threw a suspected corrosive substance at a woman and two children Nine people have been injured after a suspected corrosive substance was thrown at a woman and two young children in south London. The Metropolitan police were called to Lessar Avenue, Clapham […]

‘UK internal market’ to be created to ease unionist fears over de facto border in the Irish Sea New rules to smooth post-Brexit trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland have been unveiled by the government as part of a deal with the Democratic Unionist party that will restore the […]

Leading doctors and NHS leaders say underinvestment, staff shortages and ageing population pose ‘existential threat’ to service The NHS is in such a dire state the next government should declare it a national emergency, experts are warning, as it emerged that record numbers of patients are being denied timely cancer […]

Party prepares to claim Northern Ireland first minister post for first time with power sharing set to resume Sinn Féin has said a united Ireland is “within touching distance” as the party prepares to claim the post of Northern Ireland first minister for the first time. Mary Lou McDonald said […]