The Government is forecast to have spent £313.0 billion on welfare in 2024/25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is the equivalent of 10.9% of UK GDP (gross domestic ...

Stamp duty discounts became less generous in April, but transaction figures for May show a pick-up in house sales.

DAN Evans insists he leaves the LTA's Lexus Eastbourne Open with his head held high despite quarter-final defeat.

Habibur Masum launched a ‘ferocious’ knife attack in broad daylight on Kulsuma Akter after tracking her to a women’s refuge in Bradford.

The US targeted Iran’s three most important sites with a wave of cruise missiles and bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 bombers on Sunday.

Emma Raducanu will take on young British wild card Mimi Xu in the opening round of Wimbledon. Xu, 17, is one of three home teenage debutantes in the women’s draw, and she will get a first shot at ...

The grandfather of the incoming head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief, reports have said. Blaise Metreweli was announced as the new chief of MI6 earlier this month – becoming the 18th person to take on the ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

Danny Rohl, who was one of the managers in contention to replace Michael Carrick at Middlesbrough, is expected to emerge as a target, according to reports. It comes amid fresh uncertainty over Rohl's ...

NOTTINGHAM-born tennis star Billy Harris saw his bid to return to the semi-final of the LTA's Lexus Eastbourne Open ended by Ugo Humbert.

Last-minute concessions to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms have been welcomed by some campaigners but described as not good enough by others. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at ...

Silva, the new City captain, said: “We’ve always been potential winners in all competitions that we play. “Obviously it’s just one game but we’re happy that the performance was the way it was. “It ...