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Angela Rayner insisted the Government was not expecting backbenchers to go against traditional party values amid a looming revolt over the welfare Bill set for a Commons vote next week.
The fragile ceasefire has given rise to cautious hope for longer-term peace even as Tehran insisted it will not give up its nuclear programme.
One free go at a driving test might encourage learners ‘to only go for it when they really thought that they were going to pass it’, MPs heard.
Major housebuilders cannot be relied upon to achieve the Government’s target of building 1.5 million new homes, a housing expert has said, as he criticised a “failed monopoly” in the sector.
Mali Smith, 66, said she has not heard from the Foreign Office since registering for the repatriation flights last week.
The 19-year-old was killed when his motorbike crashed into a car driven by American national Anne Sacoolas outside RAF Croughton in 2019.
While the market penetration of smart time-of-use tariffs still only sits at around 2.3% of the retail energy market, the 75% rise seen was driven almost entirely by EV-specific tariffs, which grew by ...
Roseanna McPhee welcomed the First Minister’s formal apology which she said came as a result of years of campaigning.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice hailed the rapper’s ‘transformative’ impact on higher education access, ...
It follows a request by a solicitor acting for the family of Annette McGavigan, 14, who was killed in 1971 during unrest in Londonderry.
Sue Pentel and Martine McCullough were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage related to a protest at Barclays Bank in Belfast.
The King has requested the Sugababes be played on the red carpet at his King’s Trust Awards ceremony as he celebrated the winners with a host of stars.