The arrangement would more than halve staff turnover and free up money to hire an extra 2,345 workers, officials say.

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £4 million after no players scooped the top prize in Wednesday’s draw. The winning Lotto numbers were 11, 12, 28, 29, 41 and 54, while the bonus number ...

Pension “megafunds” are set to be created to help unlock billions of pounds of investment in businesses and infrastructure. Rachel Reeves will use her first Mansion House speech as Chancellor to ...

The British Museum is to receive the highest-value gift in UK museum history as it acquires £1 billion worth of Chinese ceramics. Trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation are to donate 1,700 ...

The president-elect selected Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and nominated Matt Gaetz to serve as his ...

Paul Mescal says he would “absolutely love” to do a third Gladiator film after director Sir Ridley Scott teased that he could be looking to do a follow-up. The highly-anticipated second instalment of ...

Euston Station in central London has deteriorated to the point where its marble columns are held together by bands because “it would fall off without them”, the rail minister has said. Lord Hendy of ...

The King has celebrated the UK’s film and television industry at a Buckingham Palace reception before a night out at the Gladiator II premiere. Charles welcomed directors, actors, TV presenters, stunt ...

The West Ham United vice chair told the House of Lords the Football Governance Bill risked ‘suffocating’ ambition in English football.

Professional Game Match Officials Ltd is “aware of the allegations” and “taking them very seriously” after a video appeared to show suspended Premier League referee David Coote snorting white powder.

The daughter of former cricketer Lord Botham has batted away an “unnecessarily aggressive and accusatory attack” on her father over his failure to turn up at Westminster. Sarah Botham said it had ...

Arsenal defender Ben White is set for a spell on the sidelines having undergone minor surgery on a knee issue, the PA news agency understands. White, 27, has seen his workload managed during the ...