Category: Politics

Actress Tamzin Outhwaite has said she cannot wait to “immerse myself in all things glitter and sequins” as she joins the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special line-up. The 54-year-old, known…

Labour is understood to have scrapped the previously announced pension “pot for life” initiative for retirement savers. The proposal was brought forward by then-Chancellor Jeremy Hunt under the Conservative Government…

Former UTV political editor Ken Reid has died. In a statement, his family confirmed he had died aged 69. He is survived by his wife Liz, their children and grandchildren.…

Serious concerns have been raised about the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) “informing government policy” at Stormont.

Locals in the leafy Surrey village of Hurst Green have delivered their verdict on Sir Keir Starmer’s prime ministerial tenure so far after he gave GB News an insight into…

An interview on Russian television with suspects in the Salisbury poisonings was “shocking” and “welcome”, a senior police officer has said. Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov denied being the culprits…

Iraq has begun its first nationwide population census in decades, in a move to modernise data collection and planning in a country long affected by conflict and political divisions. The…

Eight children have escaped injury following a bus crash in Co Fermanagh. The incident happened on the Tattygare Road in Lisbellaw shortly after 8am on Wednesday. The Education Authority (EA)…

Assessments of which transport projects should receive Government funding will be overhauled to focus on a “vision-led approach”, a Cabinet minister said. Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said the switch could…

Two former Royal Navy flagships, a frigate and a pair of support tankers will be decommissioned in cost-saving measures announced by Defence Secretary John Healey. The savings, which Mr Healey…