9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (580+ words) More than 800 hospitality businesses have written to the Prime Minister urging him to set out how he will introduce a lower rate of VAT. The VAT’s The problem campaign has called for the hospitality VAT rate to be reduced from…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (499+ words) Peers are to debate calls for a cap on political donations amid concern from campaigners over two £36 million donations from crypto-billionaires to Reform UK. The donations from Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, disclosed over the weekend, together amount to three…...

19+ hour, 52+ min ago   (516+ words) The former Sinn Fein leader welcomed the US President’s remarks in support of Irish unification. US President Donald Trump’s remarks in support of Irish unity reflect the “broad north American sentiment”, former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said. Mr…...

23+ hour, 27+ min ago   (661+ words) The US president is expected to present the trophy to the winner of the Irish Open at his Doonbeg golf resort on Sunday. US President Donald Trump is continuing his visit to Ireland after stirring up a diplomatic row hours…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago   (290+ words) He deemed Brexit ‘a mess’ and said the UK needs to rebuild links with the EU. Former chancellor George Osborne said Britain’s economy has “fallen off a cliff” since Brexit and that rejoining the European Union’s customs union would be…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (594+ words) A by-election to replace former prime minister Sir Keir Starmer as the MP for Holborn and St Pancras will take place on October 8. The Greens will on Friday unveil their candidate to challenge Labour in the Holborn and St Pancras…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (448+ words) Tory leader Kemi Badenoch highlighted ‘serious threats to national security that cannot wait’. National security “can’t come at the expense of social security”, the Prime Minister has insisted, as he criticised Tory plans to fund defence. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (584+ words) The families of two police officers who were killed in a head-on collision on the A66 have been given “overwhelming” support from around the world, a Police Federation chairwoman said. A funeral will be held on Wednesday in Hartlepool for 37-year…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (709+ words) The Prime Minister told MPs the UK ‘must stand for something’. Andy Burnham has defended his Government’s ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, telling MPs that Britain “must stand for something”. The ban, announced by…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (501+ words) The crash in 1994 claimed 29 lives. Widows of those who died in the 1994 RAF Chinook helicopter crash have renewed their call for Prime Minister Andy Burnham to meet them, as he reaches his 50th day in office. Twenty-five intelligence experts and four…...