Volunteers behind a new “social supermarket” aimed at tackling poverty stigma and reducing reliance on foodbanks have seen user numbers climb.

A report into the Post Office Horizon scandal “shows the full scale of the horror” unleashed on people just trying to do a day’s work, a former subpostmistress has said. Jo Hamilton was falsely ...

The department, which employs around 17,000 people, faces real-terms cuts in its budget over the coming years following last month’s spending review.

There is a “clear association” between where you live and your risk of dying prematurely, with factors such as deprivation and ethnicity accounting for much of the difference across local areas, a new ...

A 15-year-old boy is on trial for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, who was stabbed during a lunch break at All Saints Catholic High School, Sheffield.

Kent should receive a cut of the new Dart Charge toll to offset the cost of maintaining the county’s road network, claims Reform’s council leader.

The public is being asked not to lay floral tributes to mark a year since the Southport knife attack but to donate to charitable causes instead. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie ...

The inquiry chairman said those caught up in the scandal will have ‘found the experience to be troubling at best and ...

The Princess of Wales was charmed with a kiss to the hand by the French President Emmanuel Macron as France’s state visit to the UK got under way. Kate and the Prince of Wales travelled to RAF ...

Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters, the first tranche of a public inquiry’s final ...

Almost 40% of Scottish respondents to a survey on workplace sexual harassment have reported inappropriate touching. The survey, run by trade union Unite, polled more than 6,000 women across the UK – 1 ...

Richard Shaw, 45, has been charged with fraud by abuse of position after the ‘comprehensive’ probe into Bolton Council.