Purgatory News

The Chancellor will cut back Right to Buy discounts as part of next weeks Budget to boost council housing supply..

More than 29,000 migrants have arrived in the UK so far this year after crossing the Channel, including 500 in a single day..

Consumer confidence has fallen again amid further worsening sentiment around the upcoming autumn Budget, according to a long-running survey..

More than 127,000 young people start smoking tobacco regularly each year in the UK, according to a new study..

Some parents are feeling pressured to go private in order to get a dentist appointment for their children, according to the health watchdog..

Six towns and cities have been selected to develop Englands first clean heat network zones, the Government has announced..

The Home Office has announced a new charter with the insurance sector to crack down on fraud..

The world is on track for a catastrophic 3.1C of global warming, the UN has warned as it called for massive efforts to cut the emissions driving climate change..

Taxes and borrowing are both set to increase as Rachel Reeves signalled she would rewrite the way Government debt is measured in her first Budget..

Child serial killer Lucy Letby has lost a Court of Appeal bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl..

A Windrush Commissioner is to be appointed and funding made available for groups which help victims apply for compensation, Yvette Cooper announced as she committed to a fundamental reset of the response to this scandal..

Police Scotland have lost more than one million days to staff absence in the past four years, figures show..

The UK economy is set to grow slower than previously expected over the next two years amid cautious consumer spending, according to new forecasts by economists..

The ban is set to come into force on 1st June 2025.

The majority of Year 10 pupils did not do any work experience last year, a report has suggested..

Rachel Reeves has promised her first Budget will be an economic reset for the UK..

Venom: The Last Dance star Tom Hardy has said he is very proud of director Kelly Marcel who he has been friends with for decades..

Geoff Capes, twice the worlds strongest man and a three-time Olympian, has died aged 75, British Athletics has announced..

Police investigating the deaths of three people at a care home in Swanage are pursuing potential carbon monoxide poisoning as their primary line of inquiry..

Households in England dumped 5.6 million tonnes of packaging last year, according to an analysis by councils as they called for changes to Government waste reforms..