Possessing laughing gas is to be made a criminal offence for the first time, the government has announced. There will also be tighter controls on retailers to prevent the supply of nitrous oxide for m...
The Bank of England has told its Swiss counterpart and the country's two biggest banks that it will not object to an emergency merger, Sky News understands.British banking watchdogs have given their b...
A siren-like alert will be sent to mobile phone users across the UK next month to test a new government public warning system.It allows the government and emergency services to send urgent messages wa...
On cold, frosty mornings on nurses' picket lines the rhetoric was fiery and noisy. Striking nurses condemned the government for failing to open pay talks. Ministers criticised walkouts affecting patie...
Rishi Sunak, who is flying to the US for an official visit, echoes comments by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt that the Treasury is "working at pace" to tackle the issue, but does not believe there is a "syste...
The chancellor has vowed to help reduce the cost of childcare at Wednesday's Budget as part of a wider drive to help people into work.Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that costs were stopping some parents tak...
An ex-BBC boss has said Gary Lineker's criticism of the government's new asylum bill appeared to be a "technical breach" of impartiality rules.But Mark Thompson told the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg p...
Harry and Meghan have been invited to the King's coronation, their spokesperson has indicated, despite tensions with Buckingham Palace over bombshell disclosures made by the prince.However, they decli...
Ex-senior civil servant Sue Gray will tell the government appointments watchdog when she first had talks about becoming Sir Keir Starmer's chief of staff, following Tory anger over the proposed move,...
Anyone arriving in the UK on a small boat will be prevented from claiming asylum, under new laws expected to be announced next week.Ministers will have a duty to "detain and swiftly remove" anyone who...
