Campaigners want an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.

The Government said it was updating the rules on allocating flood defence funding for the first time since 2011, with changes to overhaul a complex process that put councils with limited resources at ...

Matthew Taylor, who currently leads the NHS Confederation, will chair the Fair Work Agency when it is launched next year.

Leading organisations in the tree production sector are calling for a designated action plan to boost the number and diversity of species ...

The spending watchdog warned that ‘clear failures’ in the ECO scheme led to poor-quality installations, health and safety risks and ...

Non-food sales growth slowed to 0.7 against growth of 1.7 last September and below the 12-month average growth of 0.9, the BRC and KPMG reported.

Strictly Come Dancing contestant Vicky Pattison has said she is finding the show “intimidating and overwhelming”, but is keen to push herself out of her comfort zone. The reality TV star, who is ...

People applying for a driving licence will be encouraged to become blood donors as part of a new initiative to drive up the number of donors. Officials estimate the message will be seen by millions of ...

A series of new additions to the Government’s planning Bill could also arrest attempts at lengthy judicial review.

A former Olympic coach has been charged with raping and sexually assaulting a child. Jose Vicente Leiva-Modahl, 65, who also goes by the name Vicente Modahl, is accused of a number of sex offences, ...