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The NHS must urgently heed warnings of threats to its computer systems or face an even larger cyberattack than the ‘WannaCry’ breach in May, the Government’s spending watchdog has warned.
The number of Lords each political party can appoint will be tied to their general election performances in a major shake up of the peerage system, it has been reported.
At the age of 95 – and nearly four decades after she first sat on the red benches – Lady Trumpington is standing down from the Lords. But, true to style, the plain-speaking baroness is not going quietly. She tells Robert Orchard how she plans to use retirement to “say exactly what I think”
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a new project which aims to identify whether there are credible opportunities for reducing the costs of generating electricity using nuclear power.
Failures in the youth criminal record system are hampering young people in getting on with their lives, a damning report from MPs has said.
With crime rates rising, the logic should be that next month’s budget ought to see increasing funds available to Police and Crime Commissioners, rather than further cuts, says Lord Harris of Haringey.
Paul Blacklock, Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs responds to the Cost of Energy review published by Dieter Helm:
Britain’s anti-terror tsar stands accused of “breathtaking naivety” after he criticised a plan to ban watching extremist speeches online, according to a report.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking for views on its proposals to deal with the European Insurance Distribution Directive when it comes into force next year.
People suffering from problem debt could get a six-week 'breathing space' under plans unveiled by the Treasury today.
Theresa May’s plan to cap energy bills may not go ahead after evidence has emerged that civil servants are preparing for it to be dropped next year.
The government will find the “huge changes” Brexit demands to UK borders a challenge to deliver in time, according to the chairwoman of the public accounts committee.
Legislation to better protect emergency service workers is a step closer to becoming law after unanimous agreement in the House of Commons at the second reading of the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Private Members Bill, led by Chris Bryant MP.
Labour MP Frank Field sets out his plan to slim down the EU Withdrawal Bill – and prevent the 'wolves in sheep's clothing' from frustrating Brexit
SSE has been awarded the Fair Tax Mark for the fourth year in a row – cementing its long term commitment to play fair by tax. It remains the only FTSE100 company to have been accredited by the Fair Tax Mark.
Police forces are struggling to stem the tide of ‘genuine increases’ in crime as figures released today show rises across the board.
Half a century after the voting age was last lowered, Brexit has reopened the debate. Ahead of his Private Member’s Bill to extend the franchise to 16 and 17-year-olds, Jim McMahon tells Elizabeth Bates why young people are fighting to make their voices heard
A spike in violent crime contributed to an overall rise of 13% in recorded incidents in the year to June, statistics published today revealed.
The Government's Energy Price Cap will fail to tackle directly the needs of those in fuel poverty, says Baroness Donaghy.
Theresa May will today tell EU citizens living in the UK they can stay after Brexit as she reveals a deal on the controversial issue is within “touching distance”.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is encouraging individuals who are passionate about equality, diversity and inclusion to apply to join its new Inclusive Service Panel.
By the mid-2020s, the UK must make important decisions about its energy infrastructure which will shape how we use power, heat our homes and fuel our cars in the future and should use a whole energy system approach to deliver on the Government's Clean Growth Strategy developing a mix of low carbon technologies to meet future emissions reduction targets, says the ETI.
The UK is facing a terror threat at an unprecedented "scale and pace", the head of MI5 has warned in a rare public intervention.