The actor has called on both Holyrood and Westminster to deliver on their respective promises to reduce poverty.

Plans to strengthen the ombudsman will help customers resolve disputes with their suppliers, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said.

Insurance claims by motorists for damage caused by rodents, including nesting in vehicles, chewing wiring and gnawing seatbelts, have jumped, according to an insurer. Aviva said it recorded a 28% ...

Drivers are being urged to keep a pair of sunglasses in their car after the clocks change amid an 11% increase in crashes. The AA, which issued the advice, warned that the low-lying sun causes ...

A Send taskforce set up by the Institute for Public Policy Research has recommended creating a new system of additional learning support.

Radio 2’s listening figures have stabilised after a sharp drop earlier in the year that coincided with the relaunch of its weekday schedule, figures show. The BBC station had an estimated weekly ...

UK Energy Secretary Ed Miliband would invite nuclear bosses to Scotland on the first day of a Labour administration at Holyrood in a push for new reactors, he has said.

The Met Office has issued four yellow weather warnings over possible disruption on Thursday from Storm Benjamin, as named by Meteo France.

Voters will go to the polls on Thursday in a by-election that could mark a historic shift in Welsh politics. Labour has run the Welsh Parliament since the devolved administration was first established ...

A paper by the former Labour PM’s think tank is the latest intervention in an increasingly fractious energy debate.

M&S was ranked the best in six out of the Good Food test’s 17 categories, including joint best turkey crown, best gammon and best ...

Rachel Reeves has announced a £500 million investment package for new homes and stronger transport links between Oxford and Cambridge as part of a bid to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” in southern ...