Al Carns, the veterans minister, promised to increase the number of staff processing applications by five, effectively doubling the size of the team.

Kemi Badenoch is to call for health benefits to be restricted to people with the most serious conditions as she sets out her plans for welfare.

The largest Reform-led council is due to unveil its “first big savings” from cost-cutting initiatives as opposition parties complain of “poor governance” during their first two months in power.

Sir Jake, who served as Tory chairman in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, said the Conservatives have ‘lost their way’.

A recreation ground near remains closed after travellers who set up camp there moved on. The group of around five to six caravans arrived at Sprowston Recreation Ground on Monday.

The robot operated with the expertise of a skilled human surgeon, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers in the US.

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

Contractors are “on standby” to remove a loyalist bonfire in south Belfast which has sparked concern, a Sinn Fein MLA has said. Legal action is also understood to be planned against the towering pyre ...

Lord Harrington, now a non-affiliated peer, apologised for miscalculating the period he had to give notice for jobs he took up after leaving office.

Plumber Sean O’Meara, 36, was wearing a gas-mask and body armour when he was shot and seriously injured by a police officer on Monday night ...

A five-year-old boy who died after an allergic reaction at school was accidentally exposed to cow’s milk protein – probably from his own bottle, an inquest jury has concluded.