Sir Keir Starmer will face a grilling from MPs on Wednesday as he attempts to repair relations with his backbenchers.

The number of NHS operations carried out in private hospitals or clinics has hit a record high, according to new analysis. Data from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) show that ...

US President Donald Trump said that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Mr Trump announced the development on ...

Cameras fitted in offenders’ homes and “smell detectors” to catch out drug use in and outside of prison could be introduced as new technology to monitor criminals and curb reoffending. Tech companies ...

Compensation payments will increase up to tenfold from July 2 for problems such as low pressure, disruptions to supply or sewer flooding.

Childhood obesity has risen to “alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers. Experts said that a child’s ...

Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza on Monday, witnesses and health officials said. Air strikes left 30 dead at ...

Plans to restrict eligibility for the personal independence payment have been dropped until after a review of the benefit.

The UK has had its hottest day of the year so far with temperatures exceeding 34C. The Met Office confirmed that 34.7C was recorded at at St James’s Park in central London on Tuesday afternoon, ...

Employment rights minister Justin Madders criticised a ‘piecemeal approach’ to designing the parental leave system over the past 134 years.

The children of a “devoted” mother who died after she was allegedly attacked by a driver whose car overturned have paid tribute to her as “a beautiful, vibrant soul”. Nila Patel, 56, died in hospital ...

Ryland Headley was told he had committed a “pitiless and cruel act by a depraved man” as he was sentenced for murdering 75-year-old Louisa Dunne ...