The yield on gilts is a proxy for the effective interest rate on public borrowing – meaning that rising yields equal higher borrowing costs.

The number of pupils in England off school without permission increased ahead of the Christmas holidays, figures suggest. Data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows that the unauthorised ...

The Prime Minister will be ‘guided by the victims’, his official spokesman said, following a Commons showdown over a new inquiry.

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt ...

A celebrity osteopath who has pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism is under further police investigation after the discovery of more recording devices, a court has heard.

Plans for sanctions on the finances of people-smuggling networks will ‘prevent, combat, deter and disrupt irregular migration’, Mr Lammy said.

Slegers, previously an assistant under ex-Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall, remains in the interim role and will take charge when the Gunners host Bristol City in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday.

Outlining the case, prosecutor Pamela Fee said the defendant went into Costcutter in Workington on November 29 and took four vapes worth a total of £60. He left without making payment. He was located ...

Lawyers for Liz Truss have sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘false and defamatory public statements’ made about their client.

AN AUTISTIC west Cumbrian man stalked four women because he wanted them to be his friends, a court heard. The defence barrister for 28-year-old Anthony Mossop, who also assaulted two police officers ...