All news by author: Ben Glaze

Trade body UK Steel has published a major report calling for millions of tonnes of scrap steel to stay in the UK where it can be used boost the fight against climate change

Labour leader Keir Starmer used a trip to the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to pledge to put Britain 'back on the world stage' if he becomes Prime Minister next year

The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions

The House of Lords was told that routes from the British mainland to islands around the coast were ideal for flights of battery-electric and hydrogen powered planes

RMT union members have backed a deal to end their strikes, but there will still be major disruption on the railways in the coming days as a different union stages industrial action

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair was among British political leaders paying tribute to former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who has died aged 100

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "mortgaging Russia's future" to China as it is shunned by the West following its invasion of Ukraine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer clashed at Prime Minister's Questions, where the PM accused his Greek counterpart of grandstanding over the Elgin Marbles

US nuclear weapons are expected to return to the UK after 15 years following a visit to RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk by American Deputy Defence Secretary Kathleen Hicks

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has announced the search for a 16th National Park will begin early next year, but with plenty of areas in the running, where could it be created?

Grey squirrels were likened to Hamas in a Westminster debate on how to control numbers of the invasive species - including through contraceptive pills - to protect red squirrels

British PM Rishi Sunak was due to host his Greek counterpart in Downing Street today, but No10 cancelled the talks in the latest diplomatic spat over the Elgin Marbles

The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot

The end is in sight for a bitter pay row between NHS consultants and the Government after the two sides reached an agreement, which will now be put to top doctors for their approval

Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who owns Manchester City, controls a sovereign wealth fund which could help fund the £20billion Sizewell C project in Suffolk, it has been reported

The UK Safer Internet Centre issued an alert about youngsters using the latest technology to make sick pictures of other children - potentially putting them at risk of blackmail

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed she and Rishi Sunak reached an agreement on policies to limit net migration in the run-up to him becoming Prime Minister last autumn, including on a £40,000 minimum salary

Almost a quarter of a million people are waiting to have their social care needs assessed - prompting calls for Jeremy Hunt to tackle the crisis in next week's Autumn Statement

The Commissioner for Standards is investigating whether Commons Deputy Speaker Dame Eleanor Laing and backbench MP Virginia Crosbie broke the rules over a Covid-era Partygate bash

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street press conference to announce plans for emergency legislation in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that the Rwanda plan is unlawful

Conservative backbencher Mark Francois rounded on the head of the Royal Navy after it emerged all six Royal Navy attack submarines were in port at the same time rather than hunting Russians

Liz Truss said the document, which includes recommendations to cut the minimum wage and brands paid holidays and redundancy cash drags on growth, was "an important part of the debate"

A major meeting takes place today in Manchester where Northern business and transport leaders will discuss how they want the regional railway to look after the Tories' HS2 debacle

Former Chancellor George Osborne hailed David Cameron's return to the Government as Foreign Secretary as he said Rishi Sunak had performed "a handbrake turn" with the appointment

As former Prime Minister David Cameron starts his new job as Foreign Secretary, we take a look at some of the controversies and mishaps that marred his six years in No10