Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a “record prison expansion”, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails.

Relatives have paid tribute to a “proud Irishman” who was fatally injured while out running errands. John Mackey, 87, had been to the supermarket and a kebab shop in Manor House, north London, on the ...

Consumer champion Martin Lewis and charities have welcomed a Government pledge to look into making council tax collection practices fairer. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden told ITV’s ...

The building is being constructed on the footprint of Henry III’s medieval Great Sacristy built in the 1250s close to the Abbey walls, and after the unveiling the Queen told the project’s architect ...

Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs and previously a foreign affairs specialist to three UK prime ministers, has condemned Israel for “deliberately and ...

Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader Liz Saville Roberts criticised the language used by the Prime Minister, saying ‘somebody here has to call ...

The Justice Secretary will set out plans to address prison overcrowding amid suggestions criminals could be released after serving just a third of their sentences. A written statement is expected to ...

The US agriculture secretary said the US is ‘100 confident’ that its wood chips meet the UK’s sustainability requirements.

The identity of the care provider where "serious concerns" have prompted a Norfolk council to cancel £2m worth of contracts has ...

Officials have throw out a bid to put new houses on the edge of sleepy Norfolk village over an old walnut tree.

Reece Galbraith and his friend Jason ‘Jay’ Laws were using a Newcastle flat as a drugs lab when a blast ripped through the building.

The Opposition leader said agreements with Narendra Modi and Donald Trump’s governments are ‘tiny tariff’ deals.