GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index fell four points in April to minus 23, led by an eight-point fall in expectations for the ...

The people of Ireland have “appreciation” for the life of Pope Francis, Irish President Michael D Higgins has said. Mr Higgins and his wife Sabine have travelled to Rome ahead of the funeral of the ...

Regulators have failed to deliver a trusted and resilient water sector, the public spending watchdog said. The National Audit Office (NAO) found consumer trust at an all-time low, while confidence in ...

Rachel Reeves will meet her US counterpart on Friday as she attempts to make progress on a trade deal during her visit to Washington.

Water company executives who obstruct investigations into illegal sewage spills now face up to two years in prison.

The West “cannot be agnostic or naive” about where goods are made, the Chancellor has told a gathering of foreign finance ministers as she prepares for talks with her US counterpart.

If people had all three unhealthy habits, their mental and physical health were much worse than if they had none, researchers found.

Of the estimated 80,000 Jews who lived in Amsterdam at the outbreak of the Second World War, only some 20,000 survived.

A “masterful” painting by Scottish colourist Samuel John Peploe which once hung in his patron’s drawing room is to be ...

Talks on strengthening UK-EU relations have made “good progress”, Downing Street has said following a meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.

Donald Trump said Russia has already made a “pretty big concession” to end the war in Ukraine by stopping short of taking control of the whole country. But the notion is one that Ukraine and much of ...

A nurse killed when she was struck by a car while walking with her family died from injuries to her head and spine, an inquest heard. Dominyka Jonikaite, 25, was hit by a grey BMW 3 Series on London ...