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Environmental campaigners are bringing a High Court challenge over the UK government’s decision to open a new round of North Sea oil and gas licensing

Greenpeace...

UK ministers on Tuesday said they are planning an overhaul of the planning process, with proposals that would create a new fast-track route for major...

Environmental campaigners are bringing a High Court challenge over the UK government’s decision to open a new round of North Sea oil and gas licensing.

Greenpeace...

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has hit out against ‘top-down targets’ on housebuilding amid signs the government is rowing back on the Tory manifesto commitment...

The UK private sector saw a considerable slowdown in growth in July, according to initial survey results from S&P Global on Monday, falling to its...

City minister Andrew Griffith has summoned bank chiefs for a meeting to discuss how customers can be protected from ‘being de-banked’ after Coutts cut ties...

Queues of traffic and rail strikes have hit travellers as they embark on trips after many schools across England broke up for the summer holidays.

The...

The UK government’s debt pile was bigger than the country’s economic output in June – the first time this has happened for more than 60...

Vadym Prystaiko is no longer Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, according to a PA source on Friday, after he publicly criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...

Reforms expanding the amount of free childcare for parents will be ‘properly and fairly funded’, the UK government said on Friday.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced reforms...