Plans to cut £5bn from Britain’s spiralling benefits bill lie in tatters after a week-long Labour rebellion, culminating in a last-minute climbdown by Starmer which ripped the heart out of what was ...

Committee probes UK Statistics Authority’s role in overseeing Sir Ian Diamond, who resigned as national statistician in May ...

Germany has increased checks on tankers in the Baltic Sea as it seeks to deter Russia’s shadow fleet of ageing vessels from circumventing western oil sanctions.