The Social Security Advisory Committee admonished the Government for not providing an impact assessment of its plan to scrap the universal payment.

Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war. Mr Sinwar has ...

The number of people dying in or after police custody in England and Wales has been described as “extremely concerning” as figures show more than half had mental health problems. The Independent ...

A man and two women have been remanded in custody over the death of a 23-month-old child in Co Tyrone. Tavia Da Costa is believed to have died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday.