The former environment secretary has warned it would be a “terrible mistake” for the new government to scrap protections for nature in a dash for...
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The prime suspect in the Leah Croucher murder investigation has been named by police as convicted sex offender Neil Maxwell. Maxwell was found dead on 20 April...
Liz Truss has said “I want to be honest, this is difficult” after sacking her chancellor and reversing key policies of her government’s...
Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor three weeks after his mini-budget unleashed chaos in the economy. He was appointed to the role by Liz Truss only...
The government is set to raise corporation tax despite promising not to do so in the mini-budget, Sky News understands. Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng promised...
The number of advertised rental properties in the UK has fallen markedly in the past three years, pushing up prices, Sky News analysis has found. In September...
Kwasi Kwarteng has the prime minister’s complete confidence and will stick to his growth plan, a minister has told Sky News. Greg Hands, the...
Royal Mail has announced it will begin a process to make 5,000 to 6,000 roles redundant by August next year. The announcement, made in a trading update by the...
Police forces in England and Wales have been asked to provide data on how many children have undergone “intrusive and traumatic” strip-searches by...
Gary Lineker has claimed he knows two gay Premier League footballers and said it would be “amazing” if they chose to come out during the Qatar...
Labour has pledged to ban fracking “once and for all”, calling it “an unjust charter for earthquakes”. The party is working to bring forward an opposition day...
A woman murdered a churchgoer and dumped her headless corpse more than 200 miles away before forging her will in an attempt to inherit her estate, a court has...
Consumer champion Martin Lewis has called on “somebody to get a grip on the economy” amid the cost of living crisis as he won the expert award at...
Kwasi Kwarteng will return to the UK from Washington earlier than planned, as another major mini-budget U-turn is expected. The chancellor was due to brief...
The chancellor has insisted he is “not going anywhere” amid the economic turmoil – and when asked if he was about to do a U-turn on...
A neonatal nurse accused of murdering seven babies left a handwritten note that read “I am evil. I did this”. On day four of Lucy Letby’s...
