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How did your MP vote on Labour’s welfare bill?
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Labour’s welfare reforms bill has passed, with 335 MPs voting in favour and 260 against.
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Motor Fuel Group-owner among suitors for BP’s $8bn Castrol unit
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The private equity firm which employs BP’s chairman as an advisor is among the bidders exploring a takeover of Castrol, the oil giant’s lubricant arm which has been put up for…
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UK records hottest day of year so far – as 40C highs close schools in Europe
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The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far – while Europe has also faced extreme heat, and wildfires have raged in Turkey.
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Girl who died after tree collapsed in Southend park had ‘heart full of love’, family say
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A seven-year-old girl who died after a tree partially collapsed at a park in Essex has been named.
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Boy, 15, told teacher ‘I’m not right in the head’ after fatally stabbing pupil, jury told
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A 15-year-old boy told his headteacher “I’m not right in the head” after fatally stabbing a fellow pupil in the heart, a jury has been told.