First Minister John Swinney said money freed up by the Chancellor’s announcement would be used to help in the fight against child poverty.

Adrian Newey will become Aston Martin team principal next season. Newey, widely considered the greatest technical mastermind of his generation, committed his long-term future to Aston Martin in ...

The former defence secretary criticised the ‘chaos’ he said surrounded Rachel Reeves’s Budget after receiving his knighthood from the ...

The UK Government is taxing the oil and gas industry “to death”, a trade body has said as the Chancellor refused to scrap the windfall tax. The energy profits levy (EPL) was placed on the profits of ...

Westminster Abbey’s website says: “A national flag is flown on the day when the high commission of a Commonwealth member state is represented at evensong.” Pakistan rejoined the Commonwealth in 1989.

Brant Dunshea, acting chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, has welcomed the decision not to raise the current 15 per cent tax rate on bets on the sport.

Affordale Fury bids for an overdue deserved victory in the Racing TV Club Day Chase at Thurles on Thursday.

There are only a few days left to view a poignant display honouring the 258 people who lost their lives in the Falklands War ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted she will not “preside over a status quo that punishes children for the circumstances of their birth” as she confirmed the scrapping of the controversial two-child ...

The Chancellor has confirmed a three-year stamp duty holiday on shares bought in new UK flotations in a move showing Britain is “backing its markets”, according to the London Stock Exchange.