Rachel Reeves has been dealt a fresh blow a day after her Spending Review with figures revealing the UK economy contracted by 0.3% in April. Forecasters had predicted a 0.1% dip but the figure,...

Reeves’s tax rises have seen unemployment rates soar to their highest levels for four years as businesses tighten their belts, while millions remain out of the workforce under the ever-expanding...

Keir Starmer refused to rule out further tax hikes as Kemi Badenoch called on the Prime Minister to “admit he made a mistake” on winter fuel cuts.The Prime Minister dodged questions about more...

Majorca's government is planning to remove hundreds of sun loungers from its beaches after pressure from locals to stop crowding the sandy stretches with foreign holidaymakers. Four beaches in the...

We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting for the truth11 hours agoJames Melley and Alison HoltBBC News, Social AffairsFamily handoutWarning: This article contains upsetting...

Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are facing a growing backbench revolt as civil war threatens to engulf Labour. Labour MPs seized Chancellor Rachel Reeves's humiliating u-turn on winter fuel payments...

Home secretary yet to agree deal days before spending review57 minutes agoHenry ZeffmanBBC chief political correspondentLeila NathooPolitical correspondentPA MediaHome Secretary Yvette Cooper has...

Rachel Reeves and Yvette Cooper are locked in a funding battle ahead of the Spending Review on Wednesday. The Home Secretary’s allies warn that Labour’s crime targets, and its pledge to hire...

Paris is not short of charming streets and picturesque quarters. For decades, Montmartre has been its postcard-perfect hilltop darling. With its cobbled lanes, accordion buskers, and panoramic views...

Government struggles to cut foreign aid spent on asylum hotels5 hours agoJames LandaleDiplomatic correspondent•@BBCJLandalePA MediaThe government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it...

Keir Starmer is set to give the NHS a £30billion boost in next week's spending review – at the expense of other struggling public services.The Department of Health and Social Care is expected to...

No one is surprised Donald Trump and Elon Musk have finally fallen out, even non-clinicians could intuit that no room on the planet, not even the Oval Office, was probably big enough to accommodate...

A popular budget airliner used by millions of Brits for their holidays has seen its shares nosedive after admitting that 20 per cent of all their planes were currently grounded due to engine...