Sir Keir Starmer participated in the viral 6-7 trend with primary school children during a visit to Peterborough.

Chancellor to unveil series of tax hikes to fill black hole in public finances in highly anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Graham Cheslyn-Curtis, boss of veterinary medical supply company Millpledge, died in 2018

The Reform UK leader was accused of making racist and antisemitic comments to classmates while at Dulwich College but said he never did so ‘with intent’

Six activists are standing trial, accused of carrying out an attack at Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems’ UK site

Chancellor expected to pull the lever on tax hikes in Wednesday’s Budget

John Lewis, AO and Amazon were identified as offering questionable deals over Black Friday

A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after an incident on London Road

A new report that reveals the rate at which vulnerable children go missing in the care of social services has exposed safeguarding failures, charities say

Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor was stripped of his prince and Duke of York titles by King Charles in October

CEC is calling on schools and employers to sign up to its new approach to work experience to help give young people more choice

Planning and Infrastructure Bill and weakening biodiversity gain rules will be disastrous, say RSPB and Wildlife Trusts

The chancellor is set to lay out her highly-anticipated Budget on Wednesday

Sir Robbie Gibb told a select committee that reports he led an ‘orchestrated coup’ at the broadcaster were ‘nonsense’

Perran Moon said the bill could forge an "unholy alliance" between Cornwall and Devon and potentially fuel Cornish nationalism

‘I can only conclude he was in so much pain he didn’t want to keep deteriorating’

With hours to go until one of the most anticipated Treasury statements in modern history, Rachel Reeves has been given disastrous warning on the economy’s outlook

Shoppers are expected to spend almost £14 billion across the sales weekend

A pair of car thieves were caught hiding in a hot tub following a spate of car thefts across Yorkshire.

A Nottingham street thief was caught on CCTV using a bizarre dance to distract a victim before stealing his mobile phone.

Dairy firm warns farmers against strangers after men caught on film jabbing animals with sharp objects and punching and kicking them

Conservative leader intervenes after party chair’s controversial tweet about Nigel Farage’s party

Among the changes, candidates will now be required to spend longer on faster roads during tests

Charity calls to bring taxes in line with economy class flights, with many private jet passengers currently paying minimal air passenger duty, no VAT and no fuel duty on polluting aviation fuel

Police are appealing for information as part of a ‘complex’ investigation

Six activists are accused of carrying out an attack at Elbit Systems in Bristol last year

Anas Sarwar issued a warning days before the chancellor delivers her make-or-break Budget - with crucial elections in Scotland in May threatening to decide Keir Starmer’s future as PM

Sir Keir and his chancellor Rachel Reeves are facing a make-or-break Budget this week, with the chancellor expected to increase taxes to plug the gaps in the public finances

West Midlands Fire Service urged people to ‘take care’ when purchasing lithium-ion batteries

Our community agreed that rising energy bills, poor insulation, and inefficient housing are forcing many families into dangerously cold homes

Detective Constable Thomas Sewell used work downtime to write a first-person story containing "misogynistic, aggressive and sexual language”

Consultancy firm boss says raising income tax a fairer way for chancellor to bring in money as part of Budget

Rex Clark was described as a neo-Nazi who ‘glorified’ mass murder

Lord Dannatt and Lord Evans of Watford violated regulations prohibiting the provision of parliamentary services for "payment or reward"

The Met Office announced that ‘winter has arrived early across the UK’ in its latest forecast

The prime minister had been under pressure to intervene over the row between the White House and the BBC

Many people are already thought to be heading for a tough retirement financially

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been stripped of all his titles and now a council will debate changing a street named after him

It comes just days after the prime minister was urged to tackle a ‘dangerous brain drain’ that is harming the UK economy

Rachel Reeves’ Budget is imminent and speculation is rife with rumours about what it could mean for people across the country

Margaret Dinsdale discovered late husband was still legally married to cosmetic dentist Victoria Fowell

There are many options on the table as the chancellor looks to raise considerable sums

Farmers are staging a go-slow protest on roads across the UK today (Monday), to show their anger at the family farm tax.

With Labour’s Budget imminent, the chancellor faces a £22bn hole and a narrowing set of promises on tax. Property, long the quiet corner of the system, may finally be in her sights. Here Sean O’Grady and Albert Toth analyse the options available...

The triple lock will see a full state pension payout rising to just under the basic income tax threshold in 2026/27 tax year

Rachel Reeves needs to address a significant deficit in public funds

Rachel Reeves has given the strongest hint yet that Labour could abolish the policy

A new levy targeting wealth is reportedly under consideration by the chancellor