A driver who allegedly took four armed teenagers to a street where two boys were fatally attacked has denied that his defence case is “nonsense”. Antony Snook, 45, admits driving Riley Tolliver, 18, ...

Today’s UK Budget may have an adverse impact on Highland businesses.

Rachel Reeves’s first Budget raised taxes by £40 billion but also offered a boost to spending as she promised to “restore ...

The first case of a new infectious and potentially deadly strain of mpox has been reported in the UK. The strain, known as ...

Here are some of the winners and losers from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget. The minimum wage will rise to £12.21 an hour next year after the Chancellor confirmed a 6.7% increase. Ms Reeves ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has predicted that UK gross domestic product (GDP) will grow by 1.1% in 2024. This ...

A funding boost for the NHS will help get waiting lists back to a maximum of 18 weeks, the Chancellor has said. Rachel Reeves ...

The Chancellor said pensions passed on would be included in the levy, closing a ‘loophole’ in passing on wealth when someone dies.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the increase is part of ‘raising the revenue required to fund our public services’.

Here are the main points from Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget, the first by a Labour government since March 2010.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she was ‘fixing the foundations of our economy’ but taxes will rise to their highest levels since the Second World War.

An announcement that growth deals for the Causeway Coast and Glens and Mid South West regions in Northern Ireland will proceed has been welcomed. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the deals will proceed ...