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Donald Trump has pleaded with Iran to release eight women who are set to be executed after anti-regime protests.

Asylum seekers who commit crimes or lie about their status will lose their right to benefits and free accommodation under plans to be put to Parliament by Shabana Mahmood next week.

Nine universities have initiated legal action against the government in a dispute over students being asked to repay loans that were "issued in error".

A social media ban for under-16s has been rejected by MPs for the second time.

Yet even as policymakers debate the issue, the framing itself risks missing the deeper problem.

Holidaymakers were left vomiting and fainting in a queue from hell at Milan airport.

More than 20,000 students have been informed they must repay university maintenance loans and grants after reportedly receiving them in error.

Keir Starmer is facing calls to ‘stand up’ for British nationals in jail in the United Arab Emirates during his visit to the Gulf this week.

John Swinney has been accused of having a "brass neck" after an eleventh-hour £10million bribe and boardroom seats to fix the ferry crisis his own government created.

Year after year, Russians die or suffer serious harm from so-called "miracle drugs" that promise instant results.

Councils will be prohibited from permitting staff to work four-day weeks on full pay if the Tories win the next election.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the cap would be lifted when she delivered the budget back in November.

Britain’s last known shipment of jet fuel from the Middle East is due to arrive within 48 hours amid alarm over shortages within a week.

With a crucial parliamentary vote weeks away, a new report alleges that state security forces attempted to cripple the IT infrastructure of Viktor Orbán’s most formidable political rival.

A police force has been told it will not be reimbursed more than £900,000 spent policing US president Donald Trump’s state visit to Windsor.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has said she is ’deeply concerned’ about misinformation online amid a surge in distorted and manipulated content on social media

The government has been accused of ‘blowing their money’ on ‘lifestyle perks’ after they spent more than £550,000 on meditation apps for civil servants since Covid.

MPs ordered the Government to release thousands of documents related to Lord Mandelson’s appointment in 2024 after questions arose regarding how the peer was vetted and what was known about his connections to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

An influential committee of MPs might initiate an inquiry into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as a UK trade envoy despite his arrest, as it has come to light that the disgraced former royal frequently urged ministers for a larger government role.

Thousands of residents gathered in Crowborough on Sunday in protest over plans to house up to 500 asylum seekers on a former army base.

The government is set to appoint a national public order commander to coordinate the police response to large-scale protests and riots, as part of plans to create a new National Police Service to tackle the most serious and complex crime.

Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire have called on the government to stop companies implicated in the disaster from receiving public contracts, after it was revealed several were still in receipt of multimillion-pound deals.

Former children’s commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield has been appointed to chair the long-delayed national inquiry into grooming gangs, which will run for three years with a budget of £65 million.