The UK's most senior trade unionist has urged the government to deliver its Employment Rights Bill in full, amid fears it would be watered down as some of its ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent, BBC NewsGetty ImagesGas and electricity prices will rise by 2% for millions of households under the latest cap announced by energy regulator Ofgem.The increase, ...

US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do ...

US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has been looking at what the bill could do ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesStruggling households owe billions of pounds in unpaid council tax, but bills are expected to keep rising in the years ahead.Newly-published figures show £6.6bn ...

A group of protesters gathered at Parliament Square as MPs debate the final stage of a bill today which could legalise assisted dying in England and Wales.One woman described ...

Kate WhannelPolitical reporterPA MediaMPs are debating whether to allow terminally ill adults to end their own lives, ahead of a crucial vote in the House of Commons.The vote will ...

A bill which sparked an extraordinary stand-off between some of the UK's most high-profile artists - and their backers in the House of Lords - has finally been passed.Peers ...

Glenn CampbellBBC Scotland Political EditorBBCFirst Minister John Swinney has said he will not support a bill which would allow assisted dying in Scotland.Legislation to allow terminally-ill people to take ...

Jonny ManningBBC News, North East and CumbriaHandoutLayton Carr, 14, died after a fire broke out at an industrial estate in GatesheadThe family of 14-year-old Layton Carr, who died at ...

PA MediaLiam McArthur said the minimum age at which people should be eligible is 18The MSP hoping to make assisted dying legal in Scotland says he will raise the ...

Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondentGetty ImagesA series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit.Water bills, ...