Firms that provide care for children on behalf of councils face a profit cap if they do not curb their gains, Bridget Phillipson said.

An 81-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman died following serious injuries in south-east London. Brian James, of Dunwich Road, Bexleyheath, is due to appear at the Old Bailey on ...

Joe Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain and potentially crucial new factor to the war on the eve of its 1,000-day ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Russia was ‘condemning black Africans to further killing, further rape, further starvation in a brutal ...

Downing Street refused to be drawn into a row over the tech billionaire’s criticisms of its plans to reform inheritance tax for farms.

A man has admitted being the owner of a XL bully which killed his neighbour while it was dangerously out of control. Ian Langley, 54, suffered fatal neck injuries when he was attacked while he walked ...

The Prime Minister has been clear… that we must double down on the support for Ukraine, give Ukraine the support that it needs and do so for as long as it takes. “In doing ...

One of the capital’s main train routes linking north and south London will be shut over Christmas. Thameslink has revealed that no services will run between St Pancras and Sutton from Christmas Day ...

The family of a German backpacker murdered in Northern Ireland has “trust and considerable hope” that a new inquest can deliver long-awaited answers about her death, a coroner has heard. The body of ...

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he believed it would have been ‘unethical and unnecessary’ to deploy the orders based on age ...

The Israeli military blames civilian deaths on Hamas, accusing militants of hiding among civilians and fighting from residential areas.