A National Audit Office report found wide variation in the rate at which job centres in different areas got people into work.

The maximum possible wait time for a test is 24 weeks, which 183 test centres currently have. In comparison to last year, this has almost doubled from 94 test centres with that wait time. The DVSA's ...

The majority of young adults in the UK are “concerned” about the state of the nation’s democracy, a survey has found. The UK Youth Poll survey saw more than 2,000 people aged 16 to 29 questioned about ...

The health department has announced that it has reached an agreement with Community Pharmacy England for a funding increase ...

Chelsea Flower Show organisers have rowed back on a pledge to make the event peat-free by next year, blaming a “legislative black hole” on the issue. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) committed in ...

Driving test waiting times in Britain have reached a record high, new research has revealed. The average waiting time to book a practical test was 20 weeks in February, up from 14 weeks a year earlier ...

Ireland’s deputy premier is to appeal for “calm” and “measured” EU co-operation ahead of a major tariff announcement by US President Donald Trump expected on Wednesday. Tanaiste Simon Harris is due to ...

World Cup-winning former footballer Cesc Fabregas and Google DeepMind co-founder Sir Demis Hassabis have been added to the line-up for the SXSW (South By Southwest) London conference.

A British explorer has become the first woman to solo traverse across Canada’s freezing Baffin Island a day earlier than expected. Camilla Hempleman-Adams battled temperatures as low as minus 40C and ...

Healthy peatlands can help tackle climate change, reduce flood risk, improve water quality and support rare wildlife.

Sir Keir Starmer will call on the 40 countries gathering in London for a summit to work together to stop people-smuggling gangs.