Ministers will also consider local authority requests to raise council tax above threshold on case-by-case basis

Gillian Merron tells Lords the goal of reducing rate of preterm births to 6%, which was set in 2019, may be changed

Transport secretary says government’s strategy for active travel could cut GP appointments by millions

Residents say they are “heartbroken” and fear being unable to sell homes amid a dispute.

Over the last decade, the number of under-16s in receipt of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) in England and Wales has doubled, reaching 682,000 in 2023, equivalent to one-in-sixteen children. This gr...

I was only 26 when I learned I had the disease. I now use SPF religiously – but it shouldn’t cost me an extra 20% on every bottle, says campaigner Jessica Zbinden-Webster