Chancellor accused of ‘relying on a hidden council tax bombshell to fund a half-hearted rise in police funding’ as she outlines Spending Review

Rachel Reeves was accused of ‘shortchanging’ the capital with little cash for infastructure, schools and policing

The mayor said house building will not go up in the capital without government support

A source close to Sadiq Khan said ministers ‘must not return to the damaging, anti-London approach of the last government’

Sir Sadiq Khan is said to be furious that the city is set to be one of the biggest losers when Rachel Reeves unveils her public spending plans

Nigel Farage said the former doctor and Most Haunted Live! presenter would bring ‘terrific verve, energy, enthusiasm’ to the job

The minimum income to bring a family member from abroad to Britain should be lowered to £23,000 to £25,000, the Migration Advisory Committee suggested

The scam allegedly involves immigration advisers coaching foreign workers to overstate their levels of education and experience to secure visas to come to the UK

Home Office targets nail bars, restaurants and caravan parks across the UK as arrests soar by over 50 per cent in a year

Nigel Farage allies Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore have emerged as favourites to take on the chairman role

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

Zia Yusuf quits role he has held for almost a year saying: ‘I no longer believe working to get a Reform government elected is a good use of my time’

Sixteen of the capitals 33 local authorities have said they face ‘severe budget deficits’ totalling £500million next year over school funding shortfalls

One man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and obstructing a search during the demonstrations outside Parliament

Some 80,000 devices were stolen in the capital last year - about 16,000 more than in 2023

Residents launch campaign to repaint properties in world-famous enclave after becoming sick of tourists and influencers posing in front of their homes

Announcing a £15.6billion investment package, Rachel Reeves argued that Britain ‘cannot rely on a handful of places forging ahead of the rest of the country’

An alleged organised crime boss was among those apprehended

Home Office report links the mild, calm start to 2025 to the dramatic rise in small boat crossings

Westminster Council is meeting with the government’s National Fraud Initiative to crackdown on homeowners who do not register their property correctly