New rules are being announced to stop profiteering in children’s social care as part of reforms aimed at ending years of what the Government described as neglect of the system. The watchdog Ofsted is ...

The Foreign Secretary will arrive at the UN in New York on Monday during the UK’s presidency of the UN Security Council.

Dame Rachel de Souza said many children are living in ‘highly unsuitable’ placements while deprived of their liberty.

Senior Tories have questioned whether Labour will follow steps taken by the US and Europe aimed at protecting the UK’s genomics sector.

Artem Horchuck and Yehor Kremnov, both six, became friends after joining their local Squirrels group in Gosport, Hampshire.

Survivors of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean tsunami described how they were “fighting for our lives” on the day, ahead of the release of a new documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the ...

Kate Forbes is due to attend a meeting with senior figures in the offshore wind and hydrogen industries on Monday.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has called on shoppers to take additional steps to protect themselves from fraud.

Transport, justice and policing, energy, taxation and welfare are among the powers held by Scotland but currently unavailable to Wales.

The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 events such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC Proms, Cheltenham Festivals and Hay Festival.

The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

Up to 20cm of snow may accumulate in the worst affected areas in the country’s ‘first taste of winter’, the Met Office said.