GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points in October – although it still languishes at minus 17.

Ireland uses a system of transferable votes in elections but – with only three candidates on the ballot – there can only be a maximum of two counts. If the gap between Ms Humphreys and Ms Connolly ...

Plaid Cymru has defeated Reform UK in a fiercely-fought Welsh Parliament by-election, with defending party Labour trailing in third. Nigel Farage’s party was hoping to win its first seat at the ballot ...

The SNP’s Westminster leader and Aberdeen South MP has urged the Government to act “swiftly” on the issue as the scandal surrounding Andrew’s friendship with the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and ...

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes.

Votes are being counted in the crucial Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election after weeks of fierce campaigning by parties hoping to win the Welsh Parliament constituency from Labour. Labour has led ...

Ministers have not provided evidence economic growth from expanding airports provides enough benefit to outweigh environmental harm, a report says.

Catherine Connolly, a former psychologist and barrister from Galway, is a self-described political “underdog” who has united the Irish left for the presidential election. The 68-year-old mother of two ...

One million people in the UK currently live with dementia and this number is expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040.

Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said on Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic ...

Mr Vance’s scathing remark came as his visit to the country wrapped up and Marc Rubio announced he would now travel to Israel ...

The Scottish Affairs Committee also said the Scottish and UK governments should have acted sooner to prepare for job losses at Grangemouth.