The yield on gilts is a proxy for the effective interest rate on public borrowing – meaning that rising yields equal higher borrowing costs.

Mr Lynch said he was incredibly proud to have served the RMT both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer.

Lebanon’s parliament has voted to elect the country’s army commander Joseph Aoun as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt ...

A celebrity osteopath who has pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism is under further police investigation after the discovery of more recording devices, a court has heard.

Plans for sanctions on the finances of people-smuggling networks will ‘prevent, combat, deter and disrupt irregular migration’, Mr Lammy said.

Commons Leader Lucy Powell said a balance needs to be struck to ensure politicians are able to represent their constituents ‘freely and openly’.

Lawyers for Liz Truss have sent a letter to Sir Keir Starmer about ‘false and defamatory public statements’ made about their client.

Labour leader Anas Sarwar announced this week his party will abstain in the final vote – due at the end of February – effectively green-lighting the Government’s Budget plan ...

Hundreds of schools have been closed across northern Scotland amid a weather warning for snow and ice which has been extended until Friday. The Met Office yellow weather warning covers Aberdeen, ...

The Chancellor has a long-planned trip to China scheduled for this week and Treasury minister Darren Jones described it as ‘important’ to ...

NHS England has published its latest monthly performance data for hospitals, along with this week’s snapshot of winter virus ...