Labour has called for tax changes, but Michael Gove says ministers are looking at other ways to help.

But an overhaul of planning rules scraps controversial rules making it harder to block development.

Boris Johnson will meet the leaders of both nations, as they debate whether to join Nato.

US scientists say they now know why thousands of soldiers who served in the 1991 conflict fell sick.

Whoever successfully claims Tuesday night's top prize will be Britain's biggest-ever lottery winner.

The You, Me and the Big C presenter is receiving end-of-life care at home for bowel cancer.

The NSPCC has seen a 29% increase in reports of harmful sexual behaviour between young people.

Five headlines to bring you up to date on the coronavirus pandemic this Wednesday morning.

The Advertising Standards Authority banned the campaign which used swear word substitutes like "shiitake".

He played Monsieur Ernest Leclerc in the TV sitcom and narrated 1980s children's show Button Moon.

The final version of the 19m-long Prime rocket is to be launched from a site in Sutherland.

Lancashire County Council apologises for the "schoolboy error" near Lancaster Royal Grammar School.

Find out who won in the national elections in Northern Ireland and local elections in the rest of the UK.

Despite an increase in female councillors in Wales, gender parity will take a long time, says expert.

A senior SNP MP says success at the council elections shows there is an appetite for another vote.

London was run by a Tory mayor just six years ago but councillor numbers have now hit a record low.

The party has become the third biggest in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time.

We've rounded up some of the under-the radar moments from counts across the UK.

Specialists warn the NHS is not set up to deal with such complex conditions.

Ideas for levelling up, schools and the internet feature in lawmaking plans for the year ahead.

Rebekah Vardy's legal claim against Coleen Rooney for libel is starting in London's High Court.

Ncuti Gatwa is preparing to take on the role of one of British TV's most iconic characters.

Olena's son wants to marry his girlfriend in case he's called to fight and something happens to him.

The Labour leader's political fate is now in the hands of the Durham police.

The Queen was absent from the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in 59 years.

At the age of 13 Luke woke up in horrific pain and a decade on his condition is still undiagnosed.

The levelling up minister says the issue does not require an emergency budget.

Michelle is the only girl to win gold in the UK's 10 categories of World Maths Day Global Challenge.

Prince Charles stands in for the Queen for the first time to open a new session of Parliament.

How a meal while Covid restrictions were in place became a political headache for Sir Keir Starmer.

The front pages focus on Prince Charles giving the Queen's Speech and footballers' wives in court.

Rising prices and higher taxes are squeezing Britons' budgets, according to researchers.

Melanie Fudge-Horton has had to make tough choices after living cost hike.

Police seek information on what was said about a planning row Alistair Wilson was involved in.

The election of a Speaker is essential for assembly business to go ahead under its new mandate.

Vicki Greenham had to call 15 chemists before she was able to source her "lifeline" medication.