The Japanese-born writer, 70, was made a Companion of Honour for services to literature at an event at Windsor Castle on Tuesday.

Speaking in Downing Street, she said: “As I take my decisions on both tax and spend, I will do what is necessary to protect families from high inflation and interest rates, to protect our public ...

Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said Northern Ireland should have its own environmental protection agency.

He is none the worse for the tumble and holds a host of entries for the weekend, with the Grand Sefton at Aintree looking an attractive option for a stable that had plenty of form over the big fences ...

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy expects the BBC to examine questions around editorial standards thoroughly, No 10 said.

The move acts on one of 12 recommendations made by Baroness Louise Casey in her review of grooming gangs published in June.

A social media boss has said it would be “tyrannical overreach” to remove a video of a “horrific” stabbing which was watched by Axel Rudakubana on the morning of the Southport attack. Rudakubana, then ...

Labour MP Alice Macdonald called on the Government to ‘right this wrong’ as she introduced her 10-minute rule Bill in the Commons.