All news for 2026-08-24

Reform UK are set to unveil fresh plans to overhaul the social housing system in the UK, by prioritising British-born youth over foreign nationals and asylum seekers.

Britain’s North Sea oil and gas sector will see more than 100,000 jobs disappear over the next 25 years, according to figures from the Labour Government.

Andy Burnham has entered a diplomatic row with Cuba as "smoke-free Britain" plans put cigar trade at risk.

The Green Party will consider an official policy of stripping police of Tasers and pepper spray under a new crime plan.

Angela Rayner has watered down housing restrictions on new homes as Labour scrambles to hit its building targets.

Andy Burnham has been accused of breaching Commons rules amid claims he failed to declare a party worth thousands of pounds.

Several loyalists argue that the expectations reflect Trump’s long-standing belief that people in high-profile positions should ’dress to impress’

While the U.S. and Russia remain bogged down in their wars of choice, China’s formal. neutrality has allowed it to benefit from the situation, hosting Trump, Putin, and various European leaders in Beijing.

A man who described himself as a ‘normal Yorkshire lad’ has become the first UK national to die fighting for Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine, LBC has learned.

Andy Burnham has arrived in Kyiv on Ukraine’s Independence Day - a seminal trip marking the Prime Minister’s first foreign visit in charge.

Two hero police officers were killed in a split-second horror when a car packed with five young men came racing the wrong way down the A66.