“Around 500 claims each year will be impacted and farm-owning couples can pass on up to £3 million without paying any inheritance tax. “This is a fair and balanced approach that protects the family ...

The Government’s change to inheritance tax relief on farming businesses was “the straw that broke the camel’s back”, the president of the National Farmer’s Union will tell members.

A new Armed Forces watchdog will be a “powerful independent voice” for service men and women, Defence Secretary John Healey has said. The Armed Forces Commissioner Bill will establish the Armed Forces ...

The Business Secretary also suggested Britain would be unlikely to simply ‘replicate’ Washington’s stance towards China on trade.

An 81-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman died following serious injuries in south-east London. Brian James, of Dunwich Road, Bexleyheath, is due to appear at the Old Bailey on ...

Stormont’s former health minister Robin Swann has admitted that decisions he made during the Covid pandemic continue to “weigh heavily” upon him. Mr Swann also told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he did ...

Mr Swann told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that he believed it would have been ‘unethical and unnecessary’ to deploy the orders based on age ...

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 316,000 new businesses were created in 2023, down from 337,000 the year before.

Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel said she heard concerns regarding Lucy Letby 10 months after they were first raised.

The Israeli military blames civilian deaths on Hamas, accusing militants of hiding among civilians and fighting from residential areas.

She was supported by fellow Labour peer and science minister Lord Vallance of Balham and independent crossbencher Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, a co-founder of travel website Lastminute.com and president ...