The delayed Northern Powerhouse Rail plans are to be unveiled ‘in the coming weeks’, a Government source has said.

The Manchester Central MP made her pitch just days before party delegates and activists gather in Liverpool for their annual conference.

The Manchester mayor proposed a 50p top rate of income tax and a tax cut for lower earners, in interventions widely seen as a leadership pitch.

Expanding the Welsh Parliament by 36 members will contribute to an £18 million budget increase next year, a report has said. The Senedd Commission – which provides property, staff and services to the ...

The domestic abuse commissioner has cast doubt on the Government meeting its target to halve violence against women and girls, insisting victims “cannot wait any longer” for a delayed strategy to be ...

Sir Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK “cowards” after one of the party’s councils banned journalists from speaking to its leader. The Prime Minister questioned the party’s commitment to free speech ...

A fatal collision following a “road rage” fight was an accident, a murder trial jury has heard. Andrew Robson, 33, is accused of intentionally swerving his Ford Transit van towards Paul Bowles, 50, ...

Amazon has reached a historic 2.5 billion dollar (£1.8 billion) settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which said the online retail giant tricked customers into signing up for its Prime ...

The British carmaker has been forced to suspend production at its UK factories for several weeks after being targeted by hackers.

Steve Reed’s visual feed stopped working during an interview, but a fuller clip shows that he continued answering the presenter’s questions.

The BBC and a handful of news agencies have launched a short film calling on Israel to let foreign journalists into Gaza. The film – created in association with Agence France-Presse (AFP), the ...

At a former weapons dump site in the Baltic Sea, scientists found more creatures living on top of warheads than in the surrounding seabed.