New measures to tackle child poverty are to be unveiled by the government – but plans to scrap the current […]

Managers at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital wait to hear whether Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will dissolve the trust that runs it.

Spending on flood risk management should be substantially increased in next month’s Budget, urges a leading engineering organisation.

The foreign secretary calls for an end to rape as a weapon of war, and plans a summit to ask […]

Labour should rule out forming a coalition with the Lib Dems after the next election, Unite union boss Len McCluskey […]

More than 80% of a flagship government scheme to boost regional economies remains unspent, according to the National Audit Office.