While in opposition, Sir Keir sought to make the concept of “respect” central to his pitch to voters, and research from UCL suggested this played a key role in convincing the public to back him and ...

A slate of long-awaited transport projects has been given the green light again almost a year after ministers put many upgrades on hold. The decision will see major road and rail projects outside ...

Some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty”, the Children’s Commissioner said as she insisted the two-child benefit limit must be scrapped. Black mould in a ...

Britain should place both China and the US in the toughest tier of its foreign influence scheme in order to adapt to a world of “great power competition”, according to a new report. The UK must also ...

New “shovel-ready” wind and solar farms will be prioritised to connect to the grid, operators said as they kickstarted moves to shake up the gridlocked connections queue. The existing first-come, ...

The public inquiry into the murders of three young girls in Southport last summer will begin later on Tuesday. Chairman Sir Adrian Fulford, a former vice-president of the Court of Appeal, will begin ...

Trust in charities remains higher than in banks, police and the ordinary person in the street, according to the watchdog which regulates them. Despite strong public awareness of an investigation which ...

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The King will stress the vital partnership between France and the UK in the face of a “multitude of complex threats” at the state banquet in honour of French President Emmanuel Macron, declaring “as ...

A ‘groundbreaking’ drug to slow down the development of type 1 diabetes is being tried by a handful of patients in the UK. Teplizumab, which is already approved in the US, trains the immune system to ...

Criminal gangs are using drones to drop packages of up to 10 kilograms of drugs into prisons where the overwhelming amount of drugs is destabilising jails, a watchdog chief has warned. A “menu of ...

More than 100 people have been killed and authorities said the death toll would likely rise as crews looked for many more who were missing.