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The chancellor is keen to stress the government has a long-term, sustainable plan for economic growth rather than a short-term sugar rush.

Home Office figures show 609 people made the journey across the Channel in nine boats on Thursday - the first crossings for eight days.

Ed Miliband does not regret voting against the UK taking military action in Syria in 2013, he has told Sky News.

Farmers are under extraordinary pressure - poor crop yields, bad weather and the challenges that Brexit arrangements leaving them facing.

The government's plans to increase offshore wind capacity, triple solar generation, and overhaul the National Grid will all have to happen in parallel, at pace, to ensure Clean Power 2030 delivers the benefits promised.

The government is demanding "immediate, mandatory" housing targets from councils as part of its plans to build 1.5 million houses by the next general election.

The overhaul of the energy system is designed to protect consumers from energy price spikes, like that seen in the recent gas crisis, boost energy security and tackle climate change. But the rush to get to clean power by 2030 risks increasing certain ...

Politicians were sent unsolicited and flirtatious messages from people who tried to blackmail them.

By 2006, Tony Blair was accusing Syria and Iran of supporting terrorism and warning they must choose whether to "come into the international community and play by the same rules as the rest of us" or to "be confronted".

While the move has been welcomed, some infected blood campaigners have called it government "spin".