Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is to have urgent surgery for a detached retina and will no longer chair a government […]

Conservative MP Aidan Burley, who was at the centre of a row over a Nazi-themed stag party, is to step […]

The proposal to curb plastic bag use in England by introducing a charge is far too complicated, say MPs.

Ofsted should get extra powers to inspect groups of academy schools run by the same organisation, Lib Dem minister David […]

Bombardier has won a £1bn contract to provide trains for the London Crossrail project, the government announces.

MPs say they have “little confidence” in the Charity Commission and its capacity to tackle abuses of charitable status.