The UK’s asylum system now costs £5 billion – the highest level of spending on record and up by more than a third in a year.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said Parliament needs adequate time to scrutinise the proposed legislation.

The tie-up, announced in May, will create a banking giant with millions of customers and about £89 billion worth of assets.

The Competition and Markets Authority said fuel margins remained higher than historic levels, and it remained concerned about ...

Coventry have announced Frank Lampard as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract. The 46-year-old will take ...

The prosecutions, brought by Northern Rail and TransPennine Express, were declared ‘null and void’ during a hearing at ...

At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, officials said. The Uganda ...

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out ...

Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to ...

Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official ...

The US conservative political commentor Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement ...

The six-year-old’s body was found the day after Christmas in 1996 – and no-one has ever been prosecuted over her death.