Alan Lovell, chairman of the Environment Agency, revealed that farmers caused a record number of pollution incidents in English rivers.

Although the responsibility for returning the inflation figure to its target lies with the Bank of England, there are steps ...

At PMQs, the prime minister said he understood that pensioners were feeling the pressure of the cost of living crisis and he ...

Senior government figures are in talks about whether to U-turn on the chancellor’s winter fuel cuts within weeks ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet his international counterparts at a G7 finance ministers meeting in Canada.

Britain ‘laser-focused’ on economic growth, Reeves says ahead of G7 Canada trip - Ms Reeves will insist that the UK is open ...

Elon Musk said he plans to lead Tesla for at least the next five years during a live interview with Bloomberg at the Qatar Economic Forum. Bloomberg's David Welch explains the challenges Musk and the ...

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Labour MPs must realise the welfare system needs reform, Rachel Reeves has said, after more than 40 MPs wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to pause and reassess planned cuts to disability ...

Rachel Reeves has been accused of causing the "unnecessary ... This comes after the think-tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) claimed economic growth would be ...

Rachel Reeves has hit back at Labour MPs calling for the government to rethink its cuts to welfare reform. More than 40 MPs from across the party have written to prime minister Keir Starmer urging him ...

Rachel Reeves said MPs ‘know that the system needs reform’ after Labour backbenchers wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to pause planned cuts to disability benefits (Chris Jackson/PA ...