Raising the basic rate of income tax by 1p could raise around £8 billion, but would break a clear manifesto pledge.

Leeds Bradford Airport has been closed overnight amid issues with its runway. Passengers have been told to check with their airlines, with the airport’s online arrival board listing cancellations to ...

One of the women who quit their role on the national grooming gangs inquiry has threatened to sue a Home Office minister for libel. Solicitors for Fiona Goddard wrote to minister Jess Phillips on ...

White House officials said Mr Trump’s reaction was a culmination of the administration’s pent-up frustration about Canada’s strategy in ...

Polls have closed in Ireland’s presidential election, with indications that turnout was around 2018’s figure. While vote counts on Saturday morning will confirm the total poll, initial reports ...

Demonstrations have been held at the site for the past five nights, with violent scenes breaking out on Tuesday and Wednesday ...

The Your Party co-leader said she was in active talks with Scots politicians and hopes to make an announcement ‘very soon’.

A Metropolitan Police officer who worked at Charing Cross police station has been sacked after he was secretly filmed “boasting about and revelling in the use of force” on a detainee.

An asylum seeker who was accidentally released from prison where he was serving time for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been spotted boarding a London-bound train, Essex Police said.

The King has long been said to have tried to encourage his younger brother, who lives in Royal Lodge with his ex-wife Sarah ...

The turnout in Ireland’s presidential election appeared to pick up in the final hours of voting. After a sluggish turnout in the morning, reports indicated it had risen in the evening before the polls ...