Nigel Farage will officially launch Reform UK’s local election campaign, promising to deliver “a breath of fresh air in English councils up and down the UK”.

Consumer expectations of the economy over the next three months has fallen to its lowest level on record, the BRC and Opinium found.

With the Scottish Parliament now in recess, the leaders of most of Scotland’s parties will kickstart their election campaigns ...

Citizens Advice has warned it is already giving “crisis support” every 30 seconds ahead of household bills including council tax and water rising from April.

Ming Yang had proposed the £1.5 billion facility at a site in Ardersier near Inverness, saying it could create up to 1,500 jobs.

The investigation began when the NCA received a tip-off about a shipment of tyre inner tubes (NCA/PA) Twelve sites in Germany ...