In Britain, Brexit has become increasingly unpopular with the public. 55% of the population believe it was the wrong decision, according to YouGov, and only 30% now think it was right. A fifth of ...

Half a million more people in England and Wales are claiming disability benefits for mental-health problems than before the ...

Britain’s social safety net is one of the weakest in the rich world and its poorest households are worse off than counterparts in Slovenia, according to analysis that shows jobless benefits have ...

Kier is confident continued Government spending will keep its order books full as pre-tax profits and turnover both increased ...

That’s not an aim that can be met by increasing defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP and having a vague plan to get to 3 per cent at some point in the future. (Yes, output targets are stupid in a ...

Great Britain‘s Labour government, since coming into power last year, has taken a number of measures that already are ...

Rachel Reeves faces calls to step back from becoming 'Labour's austerity Chancellor' as she prepares to slash billions of ...

FDA General Secretary Dave Penman told Newsweek: "The changes and cuts to the civil service proposed by the UK government are ...

Labour has been urged to use an increase in defence spending to boost UK industry - as governments across Europe face up to ...

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