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Delay has caused anxiety among MPs, but former PM says ministers need time to secure funding for flagship strategy

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.

Editorial: Northern metro mayors are right to demand a step change in public investment at next month’s government spending review

Much has been said about UK chancellor Rachel Reeves’ self-imposed fiscal rules, and her repeated assertion – which she included in the spring statement – that they are “non-negotiable”. Of course, this is true if you’re not prepared to listen to alternatives, but in the real world there is no…

Exclusive: Prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms continuing to take their own lives, say campaigners, as government resists calls to re-sentence them

Critics say practice risks perception that members of House of Lords are exploiting role for personal gain

Letter: Rosemary Sales responds to the new rules barring citizenship for those undertaking dangerous journeys to reach Britain

LABOUR have been accused of defying the UK’s international obligations after covertly changing the rules which govern whether asylum seekers can…

Foreign money has no place in UK elections, said the Government, which plans to strengthen safeguards against interference.

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Thomas White, who has developed paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis after serving almost 13 years for stealing a phone, will not be transferred to hospital

Editorial: Document releases from 2004 show that the Labour cabinet was deeply divided and badly informed on how to handle migration from Europe