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His appointment comes after businessman Zia Yusuf resigned from the position last week.

The report also found that the UK’s rate of statutory paternal pay is ‘completely out of kilter with the cost of living’ and has not kept pace with inflation.

The government estimates that the renationalisation of the water sector could cost more than £200 billion.

The plant, named Sizewell C, would be the first new nuclear power facility to begin construction in Britain in more than two decades.

The report said the source of training data for generative AI models includes scripts from more that 130,000 films and TV shows, as well as pirated books.

Trump reintroduces travel bans; suspect charged with domestic terrorism over Colorado fire bomb; and tariffs on steel and aluminium come into effect.

The charity found that nearly a quarter of reception-age children in deprived areas are overweight, and 29 percent of 5-year-olds have late-stage tooth decay.

The payment will be restored to all pensioners with an income of under £35,000.

A cyber security professional said that generally phishing is classed as a ’social engineering attack,' because it attacks a person rather than a system.

Author Matt Goodwin says ’scale and pace‘ of demographic change is ’unsettling' not only for white British people, but for many within minority groups as well.

Burqa ban proposals return to the spotlight in British politics following a renewed push by Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin.

The prime minister congratulated Labour’s new MSP Davy Russell and looked ahead to next year’s Scottish Parliament election.

Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said the Conservatives’ plan to deliver economic stability and growth would ’take time to put together.’

The jabs have been reported to have fuelled a ‘baby boom,’ with women saying online they have had ‘Ozempic babies’ despite using contraception.

The figures come as the government announced plans to expand free lunches to all pupils in families that claim universal credit from September 2026.

An inquest into the death of Stephen Chamberlain, Lynch’s co-defendant in a U.S. fraud case, hears the ’safety conscious’ runner was killed crossing a road.

The warning comes after coroners heard that 78-year-old farmer John Charlesworth had committed suicide the day before the Budget was announced.

The government’s Spending Review next week will set out departmental funding plans for the next three years.

Pensions minister Torsten Bell said payments will not be universal, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves said changes will be in place for this winter.

The White House press secretary said the corporation had to ‘correct and take down’ a story but a BBC spokesperson said it ‘did not remove any story.’