Zack Polanski, the insurgent candidate with a radical new “eco-populist” agenda for the Greens, has emerged victorious from the party’s leadership race. The vegan London Assembly member beat joint ...

A joint ticket of two of the Greens’ MPs, Ellie Chowns and Adrian Ramsay, lost out to Mr Polanski, who is a member of the London Assembly.

Deaths from drug misuse in 2024 dropped by 13% – or 155 deaths – to 1,017, according to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). Scotland’s drugs deaths rate remains the worst in Europe. The decline ...

Migrants who had arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in small boats accounted for the largest proportion of claims (39%). A further 11% entered through other so-called “irregular” ...

The UK’s second largest supermarket chain has informed staff in two stores that it will start an eight-week trial in stores in Bath and London.

Britain’s long-term government borrowing costs have been sent soaring to 27-year highs, ramping up pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to calm fears over the UK’s public finances ahead of the autumn ...

Benjamin Field, 34, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, after plotting to make him think he was losing his mind.

Yvette Cooper was cautious not to guarantee returns under a deal with France will take place in September, after saying they were ‘expected’.

Sir Terry Wogan’s son has said the lack of buyers for his father’s £3.75 million family home is “indicative of where we are as a country”.

Security staff based in the Houses of Parliament will strike from Wednesday in a dispute over pay and conditions. Hundreds of members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will strike for ...

Rachel Reeves has not been sidelined by Number 10, a senior minister has said after Sir Keir Starmer reshuffled his Downing Street team. Monday’s shake-up saw the Chancellor’s deputy, Darren Jones, ...

The Northern Lights were visible across parts of the UK and Ireland overnight and may appear again on Tuesday following a powerful solar storm. The display was caused by a fast-moving coronal mass ...