Political leaders in the north of England say the prospect of a lengthy delay to new improved transport links for the region are "completely unacceptable".

Last week, a landmark sex discrimination case was won by two men. Until a few years ago they worked for the top London advertising agency JWT. 

Professor Sir Mark Walport is the government's former chief scientific adviser.

Covid cases across the UK have fallen for the sixth day in a row. Downing Street insisted the pandemic was "not over and we are not out of the woods yet", and that the downward trend could be reversed once the full effects of lifting England's restri...

Hospital security guards have been accused of abusing vulnerable patients after CCTV footage exclusively obtained by Channel 4 News shows an elderly man locked in a room for 11 hours without treatment, food or water. 

Children's education has been hugely disrupted by the pandemic - but the impact has by no means been equal.

As ministers try to keep the country moving despite high case numbers, they're considering plans to bring in a vaccine passport scheme this autumn to exclude people from attending mass events like concerts or sports matches unless they've had two jab...

British taxpayers could face many decades of financial risk - thanks to the enormous cost of the pandemic, according to a committee of MPs.

We spoke to Miatta Fahnbulleh, director of the New Economics Foundation, and the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen about cuts to Universal Credit.

The UK is heading towards the “biggest overnight social security cut” since the modern welfare state was founded, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. They’ve been investigating the impact of the decision to cut Universal Cr...

The executive director of the International Energy Agency hopes the UK government will bear in mind its global reputation on climate ahead of a decision on whether to approve drilling on a new North Sea oil field.

It was once one of the greatest maritime cities on earth, at the heart of global trade since the 19th Century. 

France will double the number of police patrolling its beaches after receiving more than £50 million from the UK government to reduce the number of people trying to cross the English Channel.

The government is demanding "significant changes" to the Northern Ireland Protocol, the deal that Boris Johnson signed with the EU in 2019 to govern trade in Northern Ireland after Brexit.

In the last hour, the government has confirmed it will offer NHS staff a 3% pay rise, backdated to April. The increase was recommended by the independent pay review body.