Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson will write to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs asking whether its classification should be changed.

The Treasury Committee is seeking views on whether the Lifetime Isa is still fit for purpose in 2025. Lifetime Isas (Lisas) help people save for their first home – if the property costs £450,000 or ...

The private visit that has heightened speculation that the incoming US administration could seek to take control of the ...

A pensioner couple say they were left distraught after a pack of fox hounds rampaged through neighbouring fields, communal grounds and their private garden in the Lake District. Toni Gibson, 88, and ...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is considering entering the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments would be delivered ‘as fast as we can’.

The attacks plunged France into a year of unparalleled terror, beginning with the Charlie Hebdo assault and culminating in the co-ordinated November attacks, including the Bataclan tragedy. The nation ...

Blue panels have been removed from Downing Street’s press briefing room in an effort to make it a ‘politically neutral setting’.

Jordanian state-run Petra news agency reported that a Royal Jordanian Airlines plane departed for Damascus on a test flight.

Household spending on take-home groceries hit a record high this Christmas at £460 on average as inflation across supermarkets jumped from November’s 2.6% to 3.7% – its highest level since March, ...

For those of us aged 75 or over who are in receipt of Pension Credit, the TV Licence can be obtained for free rather than costing £169.50. Guidance from TV Licensing says: “Free TV Licences are only ...

A team led by palaeontologists at the University of Edinburgh used new laser technology to study the tail vane on a 150-million-year-old fossil.