Chancellor set to hike employers’ National Insurance to raise £20bn

Novak Djokovic’s lawyers say a positive test on 16 December allows the tennis star entry to Australia.

After Chancellor Jeremy Hunt pledges no VAT rise, Labour make the same commitment – denying they were “bounced” into...

Civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol finally arrive in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia.

The change in guidance from the UK’s vaccine experts affects around 1.4 million teenagers.

But union leaders blame politicians for failing to stop rail strikes which will begin on Tuesday.

Diplomats were hoping to calm matters – they will be looking at events with dismay.