The latest stories from across the UK.
Motorists across the UK can now compare petrol and diesel prices directly through Google Maps following the expansion of a government-backed fuel price transparency scheme.
A Metropolitan Police employee faces charges after a directed investigation by the police watchdog and the force's anti-corruption unit.
Cambridgeshire Constabulary reports four positive matches and three arrests after using live facial recognition cameras in the city centre.
The Government has backed a new approach to regulating artificial intelligence in healthcare, promising stronger monitoring of AI medical technologies as they are developed and used.
A two-day road-safety operation on the A16 and A1 led to 52 vehicle stops and two arrests on suspicion of drug-driving.
Property agents could face mandatory licensing and stronger independent oversight under government proposals designed to improve standards and protect leaseholders.
The UK Government has removed VAT from household electricity bills, saying the change will reduce the annual energy price cap by approximately £45 compared with what it would otherwise have been.
Government data shows 189 major projects had a combined whole-life cost of £924.2 billion at the end of March 2026 — but the figure represents costs across the lifetime of the projects, not money already spent.
HS2’s latest official cost range has risen to between £87.7 billion and £102.7 billion, while the first passenger services are not expected until between 2036 and 2039.
Thousands of military homes sold by the Ministry of Defence in 1996 have now been bought back, with the National Audit Office examining the long-term cost to taxpayers.
Britain's new Sizewell C nuclear power station has a target construction cost of around £38 billion, with taxpayers and electricity consumers sharing significant financial exposure.
Delaying major restoration of the Palace of Westminster could add hundreds of millions of pounds to the final bill each year, according to the National Audit Office.
