Rachel Reeves has insisted taxes have been kept at “an absolute minimum on ordinary working people”, even as an influential think tank said low-to-middle earners would have been better off with their tax rates rising than their thresholds being frozen..

MPs, peers, business leaders and celebrities are set to attend an “emergency climate change summit” on Thursday where they will hear how the UK is unprepared for rising temperatures..

Councils have been warned of the “urgent need” to be prepared following an investigation into a “significant” cyber attack on Western Isles Council..

Two National Guard soldiers have been shot near the White House in Washington DC and a suspect is in custody, according to law enforcement sources..