Chancellor Rachel Reeves welcomes the cut, but says she is "under no illusion about the scale of the challenge facing ...

The powerful former speaker of the House suggested the Democrats could have fared better if the president stood down as ...

Bryan Lanza tells the BBC there needs to be an "honest conversation" with Kyiv and returning Crimea is not a US priority.

The FM reiterates his point about Scotland delivering more growth per head than the rest of the UK. Swinney says there has ...

Latino, black and younger voters once helped Obama win power - Trump made gains with all three groups this election. Why?

The US economy grew solidly in the three months to September, expanding at an annual rate of 2.8%. Despite there being a ...

Donald Trump is set to return to the White House, having promised action on issues including immigration, the economy and the ...

The chancellor tells the BBC businesses will have to absorb the costs of paying more National Insurance or give out smaller ...

"You are looking at, overall, a 'drill baby drill' philosophy," Dan Eberhart, chief executive officer of oilfield services ...

Farmers have been protesting changes to inheritance tax relief, which they say represents "an attack on the rural economy". A ...

Vice-President Kamala Harris says many people feel "like we are entering a dark time", but she hopes that's not the case.

Markets and currencies around the world shifted sharply on Wednesday following the US election news: The value of Bitcoin ...