The FTSE 100 index closed up 48.51 points, 0.6%, at 8,823.20. The FTSE 250 jumped 250.09 points, 1.2%, at 21,702.58, and the ...

Sir Keir Starmer has announced his latest U-turn: a £1.5bn change of course over his flagship welfare bill. The prime ...

Patients will be given more control of their health via the NHS app, while there will be less reliance on hospitals, the plan says.

Professor Aditya Goenka explores what the economic and political problems of the amended welfare reform bill will mean for the government.

Move partially reverses sell-off prompted by investor fears chancellor would be sacked after emotional PMQs appearance ...

When it comes to the angry farmers, changes to the inheritance tax loophole announced in last autumn’s budget generated the most noise. But an arguably more devastating policy introduced by chancellor ...

You're lucky to have me today. I had planned to take my new, taxpayer-subsidised Audi A8 long wheelbase job out for a spin.

Ministers have shown a willigness to listen. This will be crucial as they work out the detail of their reforms ...

REC boss Neil Carberry has hit out at Ws Streeting’s NHS blueprint for claiming staff banks were cheaper than using agencies.

Job growth proved better than expected in June, boosted by government hiring, as the labor market showed surprising ...

The PM and chancellor hugged while visiting an east London hospital - a day after Reeves was seen crying in the Commons.