A LibDem-run council has announced plans to make a trial four-day work week permanent, sparking fury from critics. Staff at South Cambridgeshire district council had been enjoying a four-day week...
Perhaps it was all just bad timing. But the fact US President Donald Trump's state visit has been timed for the Parliamentary recess seems a little too convenient. Coming to the UK when MPs are away,...
Health secretary and BMA to meet in bid to avoid strikes28 minutes agoIain WatsonPolitical correspondentGetty ImagesTalks between Health Secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association...
Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof and Ultravox guitarist Midge Ure had teamed up in 1984 to write the Band Aid single 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' in response to a tragic Ethiopian famine which...
Starmer and Macron plead for patience in an impatient world59 minutes agoChris MasonPolitical editor•@ChrisMasonBBCReutersWatching the president of France and the prime minister close up was to see...
UK to return some migrants to France within weeks - PM32 minutes agoKate WhannelPolitics reporterThe UK will begin returning migrants arriving in small boats to France within weeks under a new pilot...
France and UK to stop small boats together - Macron17 hours agoSam FrancisPolitical reporterHenry ZeffmanChief political correspondentPA MediaFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said the UK and...
Government makes big concessions to win welfare vote1 hour agoKate WhannelPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsThe government has won a vote on its benefits bill by 75 votes, but only after offering...
A student hurled a racially abusive insult at a hospital security guard, calling him a "f***ing Welsh c***", before arguing that her comment was not racist. However, Layla Ahmed later conceded that...
Labour MPs press Kendall on rollout of benefit changes29 minutes agoKate WhannelPolitics reporterHouse of CommonsWork and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has faced repeated questions from Labour MPs...
Criminal who helped inspire 'Stockholm syndrome' theory dies1 day agoTom McArthurBBC NewsGetty ImagesOne of the two charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term...
Supreme Court curbs judges' power to block Trump's orders in birthright citizenship case5 hours agoAna FaguyBBC News, Washington DCGetty ImagesThe top court in the US has ruled judges in lower courts...
Criminal who helped inspire 'Stockholm syndrome' theory dies23 hours agoTom McArthurBBC NewsGetty ImagesOne of the two charismatic criminals involved in the kidnapping that gave the world the term...
A Manchester family's dream £12,000 luxury Jamaican holiday turned into a 'nightmare', with Lucy Hylton, 39, slamming the five-star resort for its 'filthy' buffet and 'broken furniture'. The Hyltons...