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Keir Starmer has insisted welfare reform is still on the table as he took the blame for Tuesday’s U-turn in the face of a

Rachel Reeves said she was ‘clearly’ upset during her appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions but insisted she was ‘cracking

Rural councils in the UK are to get more money to pay for the cost of ‘remoteness’ as part of a funding shake-up, ministers

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has appeared in public with Prime Minister Keir Starmer a day after breaking down in tears

UK mortgage demand from home buyers is expected to soften over the summer, according to a Bank of England survey of lenders.

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The UK service sector grew at its fastest rate for 10 months in June, supported by increased new orders, numbers on Thursday

A new 10-year-plan for the National Health Service marks the beginning of a ‘major programme of renewal and rebuilding that

Rachel Reeves will be chancellor for a ‘very long time to come’, Keir Starmer has said after she was seen crying during Prime

Rachel Reeves is ‘going nowhere’ and will remain as UK chancellor, Downing Street said, despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves appeared to cry in the Commons as Keir Starmer declined to guarantee she would remain in place

A Bank of England policymaker has said interest rates should be cut three more times in 2025 as he cautioned the inflation

Keir Starmer defended his welfare reform plans despite being forced into a humiliating climbdown which leaves an almost £5

National Health Service staff across Wales have voted to take strike action in a dispute over pay.

Members of Unite rejected a

A ban in the UK on ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and ‘day-one’ protections against unfair dismissal will not come into

Ireland’s unemployment rate remain steady in June, data published by the Central Statistics Office showed Wednesday.

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Angela Rayner has defended Keir Starmer as ‘doing the job for Britain’ as he approaches his first year in office.

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There will be ‘financial consequences’ to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s last-minute climbdown on welfare reform, a Cabinet

Keir Starmer was forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform agenda to get the legislation through its first Commons

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced the most serious internal rebellion of his year-long premiership on Tuesday, as MPs

Keir Starmer has defended his government’s record over its first year in office, all while he faces the largest revolt of his

The group behind one of Britain’s largest oil refineries has collapsed into administration, sparking fears over oil supplies

The final phase of post-Brexit food labelling on products being shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland has been

Energy firms in Great Britain are set to discuss how the National Grid could be upgraded to cope with the future demands of

Industrial firms in the UK are to be hit with nearly £700 million in new property taxes, offsetting some of the UK government

The UK manufacturing sector remained in contraction territory in June, numbers on Tuesday showed, though the downturn eased