Councils are calling on ministers to ensure upcoming reforms focus on reducing unnecessary waste and making recycling easier.

Action for Children said its research showed the ‘enormous effort’ required by employers, the NHS and Government to help people back to work.

Fewer families are engaging in daily activities which support early language development compared with five years ago, a charity says.

The letter published on Wednesday argues that the cap on compensation could lead to ‘inadequate and unacceptably low’ payments.

Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has described her husband as “frustrated” with how she is being portrayed after a Conservative colleague described her as “preoccupied” with her ...

A 55-year-old man has been charged with murder following the death of a dog walker in Suffolk. Suffolk Police said Anita Rose, 57, left her house at around 5am on July 24 to take her springer spaniel ...

The jab uses mRNA technology to tell the immune system to recognise a ‘foreign’ protein on viruses and mount an attack.

A US attorney said Mike Jeffries, chief executive from 1992 to 2014, used his ‘power, his wealth and his influence, to traffic men’.

The treatment – one of two new drugs to target a cause of the disease – has been considered by the medicines regulator and the NHS spending watchdog. A decision is expected imminently. Donanemab, ...

It came as the financial agency held its forecasts for the global economy steady for 2024, with a slight downgrade for next ...

The NHS has been warned to brace for an influx of students suffering from asthma attacks as colder weather sets in. New analysis indicates a significant rise in the number of emergency hospital ...

The 24-year-old was accused of being involved in two shootings in less than a week before he was fatally shot by police on ...