The Bank of England is widely expected to reduce borrowing costs to 3.75 from 4 when it next announces its decision on Thursday.

The independent review of foreign financial interference is being launched after a former MEP was jailed for taking Russian bribes.

The Executive is also understood to be continuing to discuss plans for its first multi-year budget in more than a decade.

It comes after Government won an appeal which prevents a coroner in Northern Ireland disclosing certain sensitive material at a Troubles inquest.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she does not believe 1,000 jobs are being lost in the North Sea every month as a result of UK Government policy.

It comes after Government won an appeal which prevents a coroner in Northern Ireland disclosing certain sensitive material at a Troubles inquest.

Officials have said the strike had come at the ‘worst time’ for the NHS amid rising flu cases and other winter illnesses.

The Scottish Justice Secretary phoned Professor Alexis Jay after being accused of misrepresenting her in a Holyrood debate in September.

The Prime Minister said Kemi Badenoch is going to be left home alone, following the number of Tory defections to Reform UK.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle was “convinced” there is a path to sustainability for the ethylene plant in Grangemouth ahead of a £120 million Government investment, he has said.

Flu cases may be “starting to settle in some parts of the country”, according to the chief executive of NHS England. It comes as experts said there is no evidence this season will be worse than ...

Bosses at Warner Bros, which makes franchises such as Harry Potter and Batman, said the proposed deal from Paramount was ‘inadequate’.