Police leaders are set to recommend scrapping non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) in a review to be published next month.College of Policing chair Lord Herbert told the BBC a "sensible" ...

Budget day has arrived and its policies, predictions, and preparations fill the front pages of the newspapers. The Sun says Chancellor Rachel Reeves will announce "new taxes on fun" ...

Rachel Clun,Kris BramwellandEmer MoreauTBCThere has been plenty of speculation about what the Budget will and won't include.Ahead of her speech on Wednesday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed both tax ...

Angus CochraneBBC ScotlandPA MediaPlans to scrap Scotland's controversial not proven verdict have been approved by MSPs.The move is part of wide-ranging justice reforms which will also increase the threshold ...

Debbie JacksonBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesFrom 1 September, there will be no more peak fares on ScotRail trainsPeak rail fares have been scrapped on ScotRail trains, meaning passengers will no ...

The UK Space Agency will cease to exist as an independent entity to cut the cost of bureaucracy, the government said on Wednesday.It will be absorbed by the Department ...

Royal Mail should only deliver second-class letters and parcels every other weekday and not on Saturdays to protect the future of the UK's postal industry, the industry regulator has ...

Getty ImagesThe Scottish government may formally drop plans for a national board to oversee social care provision, further diluting plans for a national care serviceThe Scottish government is widely ...

Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England ...

PA MediaThe immediate changes mean parents will no longer see overall ratings for schools in England of 'Outstanding', 'Good', 'Requires Improvement' or 'Inadequate' One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades ...

PA MediaThe transport secretary said the scheme had 'limited success'.A pilot scheme scrapping peak-time ScotRail fares will end in September following “limited success”.Transport Scotland said the project, which saw ...

Laws stipulating what proportion of union members have to vote for strike action in order for it to be legal are set to be scrapped.It is understood that the ...