UK firms will be able to raise cash and list on London stock markets more quickly and easily due to plans to tear up regulations. The financial watchdog confirmed it will cut red tape in the UK’s ...

The Government slashed the UK’s aid budget from 0.5 of gross national income to 0.3 in order to pay for increased defence spending.

Lego classic bricks, the Barbie doll and the Rubik’s Cube have been named among the top toys of all time by retailer Hamleys.

Investment is needed to keep people well at home, otherwise the shift towards prevention and neighbourhood health risks being undermined, Adass said.

Recent figures from the trade group showed that food inflation increased to 3.7% in June, while fresh food was 3.2% more expensive than a year ago. The BRC found that non-food sales increased by 2.2% ...

An inspection of the prosecuting body found that while the number of rape cases being charged is increasing, urgent improvements are needed.

The guidance comes as the Department for Education warned that misogynistic attitudes had reached ‘epidemic scale’ among young people.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to say on Tuesday that she has placed financial services ‘at the heart of the Government’s ...

National Highways, which issued the plea, warned that tiredness behind the wheel can lead to ‘dangerous mistakes’.

More targeted and less aggressive radiotherapy for low-risk breast cancer could spare thousands of women from the harsh side-effects of the treatment, a trial has found. The technique, which has since ...

An animated character of online fitness coach Joe Wicks has been launched in a bid keep children fit over the summer holidays. The Body Coach’s new animated persona talks children through exercises ...

Hundreds of people with cystic fibrosis are to be offered a once-a-day pill which has been hailed as “life changing” by health experts.