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Households and businesses will have to wait for energy bills to fall significantly because "there's no shortcut" to bringing down prices, the energy minister has told Sky News.

Britons buying cocaine on a Friday night could be inadvertently funding Russia's war in Ukraine.

They've been billed as the "most sweeping asylum reforms in modern times" and the "biggest shake-up of the legal migration system" in nearly 50 years, but how are the UK's rules actually changing?

A Strictly Come Dancing star has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of rape.

A fierce warning from Britain's defence secretary to Vladimir Putin to turn his spy ship away from UK waters or face the consequences was a very public attempt to deter the threat.

Government borrowing was higher than expected and consumers tightened their belts, spending less than anticipated, official figures show.

The UK has shivered through what could be the coldest night of the year so far - with seven yellow weather warnings for ice in force this morning.

Housing Secretary Steve Reed wants Britain to "build, baby, build" towards the government's flagship 1.5 million homes target by the next election. But housebuilding in England has slowed to its lowest level in nine years, with the number of homes built falling by 6% to 208,600 in the year to March 2025.

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted the G20 still matters and is a "really important" forum to bang the drum for British business, despite the decision of Donald Trump to boycott the international summit in South Africa.

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