The Government is forecast to have spent £313.0 billion on welfare in 2024/25, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). This is the equivalent of 10.9% of UK GDP (gross domestic ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s climbdown on the welfare Bill is the latest in a series of U-turns. Here, the PA news agency looks at three major policy changes this month. The Universal Credit and Personal ...

A “violent, jealous, controlling” husband who stabbed his wife to death as she pushed their baby in a pram after tracking her to a women’s refuge has been found guilty of murder. Habibur Masum ...

Daphne McFarland from Kesh turned 90 on Wednesday, May 21, launching a week of birthday festivities that concluded at Tullana Restaurant.

Last-minute concessions to the Government’s controversial welfare reforms have been welcomed by some campaigners but described as not good enough by others. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at ...

The grandfather of the incoming head of MI6 was a Nazi spy chief, reports have said. Blaise Metreweli was announced as the new chief of MI6 earlier this month – becoming the 18th person to take on the ...

The US targeted Iran’s three most important sites with a wave of cruise missiles and bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 bombers on Sunday.

Stamp duty discounts became less generous in April, but transaction figures for May show a pick-up in house sales.

Joe Duffy has praised the callers as he prepares for his last episode of RTE’s famous phone-in show on Friday afternoon. The Ballyfermot broadcaster, 69, is retiring after 37 years at the station, ...

Pupils at the King’s former school have entertained local people with a free Shakespeare performance at the holiday home ...

The deal could see migrants who arrive in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats returned to France.

The SMMT said the reduction was mainly due to ongoing model changeovers, restructuring and the impact of US tariffs.