Political commentator and broadcaster Duncan Barkes has warned that Sir Keir Starmer's inclination to forge closer ties with the European Union could provide a significant boost to Reform UK and ...

Formal discussions between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to draw up a new programme for government have begun. The party's deputy leaders, Jack Chambers and Helen McEntee, met this evening to set the ...

3.7% registered previously. In US Dollar (USD) terms, China’s trade surplus expanded in November. Trade Balance came in at +97.44B versus +95B expected and +95.27B previous. Exports (YoY): 6.7% vs.

A government department spent almost £1,200 of taxpayers' money on two ministerial folders, official figures show, external. It came as Chancellor Rachel Reeves launched a crackdown on government ...

Bankers are to review state spending as part of a push to bring the private sector "into the heart of government". External oversight is to be incorporated into the first line-by-line spending ...

He said the government is coordinating with the insurgents, and that he is ready to meet rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, who made a triumphal appearance at ...

Syria’s prime minister said the country’s government is still functioning and most Cabinet ministers are still working, even after rebels entered Damascus and President Bashar Assad fled the ...

The government has called on "disruptors, innovators and creative thinkers" to help make the civil service more productive. Senior minister Pat McFadden said he wants Whitehall to have more of a ...

A cabinet minister has urged "disrupters" to join the civil service in a bid to make government "think a little bit more like a start-up". Pat McFadden, who oversees the Cabinet Office ...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have been tweeting up a storm about creating a Department of Government Efficiency — although to listen to some of what they are saying, such a department has ...

Europe's second-largest economy has no prime minister, no government, and Macron is hoping for a political miracle. He must appoint a new premier to get a 2025 budget approved by parliament as ...