Maternity pay has gone too far, says Kemi Badenoch

The US secretary of state spoke after President Biden said Vladimir Putin should not remain in power.

The former cabinet minister joins calls for Boris Johnson to stand down, as a Tory MP defects to Labour.

A series of records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice are “unprecedented”, some scientists say.

But a No 10 source says tax cuts are planned only in “the longer term”, with other issues taking...

Patients being unable to see an NHS dentist is “totally unacceptable”, a committee warns government.

Kyiv says its troops are gaining momentum in what continues to be a lengthy and bloody counter-offensive.