The announcement comes ahead of a two-day Nato summit in the Netherlands.

Labour MPs' challenge over benefits cuts is perhaps the gravest crisis in the PM's time in office so far.

Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".

Labour's Natalie Fleet says she used to tell friends "I can't be an MP - I was a teenage parent".

It comes after what she called a "disgraceful attack" on an RAF base and as a protest took place in central London.

The foreign secretary says UK forces are on high alert in the region, as Israel-Iran attacks continue.

The foreign secretary says UK forces are on high alert in the region, as Israel-Iran attacks continue.

The Reform UK leader says money raised from the policy would go to the lowest-paid 10% of full-time workers.

It will target the worst-performing trusts in England - and report back by the end of the year.

Plans to cut energy bills by up to 25% for more than 7,000 UK businesses is announced alongside other plans to boost growth.

Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies

Europe braces for Trump's arrival at the Nato summit with difficult questions over Iran and defence, following the 5% defence spending target he's demanded of allies

Starmer maintains diplomacy is the answer but Trump has so far chosen a different path, our political editor writes.

Starmer maintains diplomacy is the answer but Trump has so far chosen a different path, our political editor writes.

The MP for Ilford North pledges to work "constructively" on technical aspects of the legislation.

The Lib Dems argue Britain needs to become "war-ready" to deal in an increasingly unpredictable world.

He made the comments after Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh appeared in court on Wednesday.

The BBC understands the home secretary will move to proscribe the group in the coming weeks.

Some critics, including disability rights campaigner Lord Shinkwin, indicate they will try to amend a bill, backed by MPs, to legalise assisted dying.

MPs back assisted dying - the second vote this week that takes the UK in a socially liberal direction.