The Government is forecast to have spent £313.0 billion on welfare in 2024/25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is the equivalent of 10.9% of UK GDP (gross domestic ...

Stamp duty discounts became less generous in April, but transaction figures for May show a pick-up in house sales.

Ian Wright says the right substitutions will be key if England are to recover from their Nations League defeat to Spain and successfully defend their European Championship crown in Switzerland next ...

NOTTINGHAM-born tennis star Billy Harris saw his bid to return to the semi-final of the LTA's Lexus Eastbourne Open ended by Ugo Humbert.

A major search operation is under way near a river for a missing 13-year-old boy. Cleveland Police have appealed for information about Mylo Capilla, who was last seen at around 9pm on Thursday in an ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

IN ANOTHER life, Jess Carter could have spent this summer representing England on the rugby field instead of the football pitch.

The US targeted Iran’s three most important sites with a wave of cruise missiles and bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 bombers on Sunday.

Emma Raducanu will take on young British wild card Mimi Xu in the opening round of Wimbledon. Xu, 17, is one of three home teenage debutantes in the women’s draw, and she will get a first shot at ...

The grandfather of the incoming head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief, reports have said. Blaise Metreweli was announced as the new chief of MI6 earlier this month – becoming the 18th person to take on the ...

Joe Duffy has praised the callers as he prepares for his last episode of RTE’s famous phone-in show on Friday afternoon. The Ballyfermot broadcaster, 69, is retiring after 37 years at the station, ...

The SMMT said the reduction was mainly due to ongoing model changeovers, restructuring and the impact of US tariffs.