UK officials say text is agreed on deal to cut president’s tariffs on British steel, aluminium and cars Rachel Reeves was due in Washington on Tuesday evening for what could be a pivotal week for a proposed US-UK trade deal. Officials say an agreement is ready to sign but may […]

Move designed to restore public confidence will give police chiefs stronger powers to get rid of rogue officers in England and Wales Police officers in England and Wales who fail background checks will be automatically sacked under rules coming into force to improve confidence in policing. Measures will be introduced […]

Labour backbenchers demand clarity on practical impact of transgender people’s use of toilets and hospital wards Ministers have come under pressure to provide answers on how last week’s supreme court ruling on gender identity will affect the daily lives of transgender people, amid confusion over issues such as toilet provision […]

Pontiff had requested simple burial ‘without particular decoration’ at Rome church rather than beneath St Peter’s Death of Pope Francis – latest updates Pope Francis obituary Pope Francis died of a stroke and subsequent heart failure, the Vatican has said in a statement, revealing that the pontiff had requested to […]

Sources says government is ‘not going to find a way’ to ditch cap despite predictions that child poverty levels will soar Ministers are privately ruling out scrapping the two-child benefit cap despite warnings from charities that a failure to do so could result in the highest levels of child poverty […]

Officials say UK faces a ‘new economic reality’, but chancellor will not strike US deal at any cost Rachel Reeves will fly to Washington this week to argue for global free trade in the face of Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs, amid continued international economic turbulence. The UK chancellor will use […]