Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Getty Images The government is refusing to deny reports that its plans to make Britain’s armed forces ...

Chris Harper,Local Democracy Reporting Serviceand Dan Martin,Leicester political reporter Leicestershire County Council Carl Abbott is the authority’s cabinet member for ...

Allan LittleSenior correspondent BBC For 80 years, what bound the United States to Europe was a shared commitment to defence ...

Michael Keohan,Maidstoneand Hsin-Yi Lo,South East Kent County Council Linden Kamkaran, leader of Kent County Council, announced plans to increase council ...

Kevin FitzpatrickNorth West BBC Jen Dinelow paid higher “non-resident” charges for her parents’ burials Bereaved families have condemned as a ...

First Minister John Swinney says he would be willing to send troops from an independent Scotland to Ukraine as part ...

Becky MortonPolitical reporter Getty Images Some people are waiting more than a year to have their disability benefit claims processed, ...

Malcolm Priorrural affairs producer PA Media Farmers drove their tractors into Oxford city centre to protest over proposed inheritance tax ...

Peers have backed calls for extra time for the House of Lords to debate the assisted dying bill. The proposal ...

The North Antrim assembly member Jon Burrows is in the running to become the next leader of the Ulster Unionist ...