Ministers are expected to make a decision in the coming weeks on the policy which would divide the country into different energy price zones.

Norfolk peer Lord Fuller has warned local government reorganisation could cost billions of pounds in pension pay-outs for council staff.

A 21-year-old man was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

The Office for National Statistics said the latest official figures showed further signs of a ‘cooling’ labour market.

Interior minister Alexander Dobrindt said the group underpinned their supposed claim to power with antisemitic conspiracy narratives ...