Finance Secretary Shona Robison also outlined record NHS and local government funding in her tax and spending plans for 2025/26.

Campaigners have welcomed money for affordable homes in the Scottish Budget, but say it merely reverses cuts in previous years. Living Rent said the scale of the housing shortage means the £768 ...

Killer nurse Lucy Letby maintains her innocence, her lawyer said on Wednesday, hours after police confirmed she has been interviewed over more suspicious deaths of babies.

Officers based in Richmond Park have asked for help tracing the owner of the pet after the attack near Sheen Cross on Monday.

The Treasury Committee was hearing from charities and organisations as part of an inquiry into physical cash acceptance.

Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison unveiled her tax and spending plans for 2025/26 to MSPs at Holyrood on Wednesday.

The Queen warmly embraced France’s first lady at a literary award ceremony, as she continues her recovery from pneumonia.

The former chair of BBC Children in Need has claimed she was “thrown under the bus” for being a “whistleblower” on grants given to a transgender youth charity.

Boris Johnson accused Sir Keir Starmer of misleading Parliament in a row over the former prime minister’s partygate fine. Sir Keir and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions ...

US President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon is under pressure as senators weigh a series of ...

England scrum-half Natasha Hunt insists Northampton Saints are serious contenders to win the Investec Champions Cup, despite a mixed start to ...