The review will focus on personal independence payments (Pip), which have risen from £11 billion in 2019-20 to £22 billion for working-age claimants in 2024-25

Mick Jagger et al sing about the state of America, ‘mad mogul Mr Musk’, drugs and death in their own inimitable way on this joyful blast of a new album

Labour grandee, professional Yorkshireman and prolific author and journalist who was a curious mix of pomposity and self-deprecation

Indecision means the Grade I listed-building requires expensive maintenance to address fire safety issues, asbestos and decaying stonework

Scotland supporters quick to pin down and share cheaper accommodation for ‘the most expensive World Cup in history’

Cautious policy seems vindicated as easing of Middle East tensions may prevent a temporary rise in inflation from becoming permanent

One supporter calls edict on flags “mad”, saying he can buy a weapon at Walmart but is forbidden from taking a flag into a venue showing a soldier with a rifle

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Oxygen Studios will operate the major new film-making centre in north London, helping to position Britain as a blockbuster alternative to Hollywood

For 12 years, since she opened her non-selective school in London, Katharine Birbalsingh’s pupils have attained the highest grades. Yet the so-called strictest headmistress in Britain claims that midd...

Sir Richard Moore says Moscow is increasingly relying on arson, cyberoperations and criminal proxies to unsettle British support for Ukraine

Brendon McCullum and Rob Key have only themselves to blame for the mess that has engulfed English cricket after Ben Stokes nightclub incident

The Admiral Grigorovich frigate is believed to have opened fire between the Isle of Wight and Normandy just before midday on Tuesday

Death of the artist is another blow for a world that is ever more homogenised, conformist and drained of colour

A shake-up of the ‘stupid tax’ that puts homeowners off moving would boost the property market and the economy

Opposition calls for parliamentary inquiry after court documents show party reimbursed chief executive £20,000 while he embezzled money to buy expensive cutlery

Broadcaster known as the ‘taped crusader’ for innovating the televised doorstep and was often assaulted for his troubles dies aged 83

Sir Keir Starmer will announce the move, along with a two-year energy guarantee for Ukrainian nuclear power plants, on the first full day of the G7 summit

Scottish fans spread ‘good energy’ in the sporty city as its ‘hard to please’ residents embrace football fever

No longer the preferred summer drink, rosé has been pushed aside by Gen Z drinkers inspired by Europe to pop light-bodied reds in the fridge

Natural England has demanded 75 per cent of livestock grazing on the land must go, forcing farmers to chose between tradition and livelihoods

Paid to set fire to a car or put up anti-Islamic posters by a Russian, the young men wanted a life in Britain but ended up targeting the prime minister

A 40-minute video installation by Helen Cammock criticises a number of British historical figures including the former prime minister

We talk to parents who are struggling to care for their families, often in homes that are unsuitable for those with disabilities

The Lebanese ally is seen by some as a symbol not of resistance but repression, a costly regional project imposed on a population battered by war and poverty

In the week the world acquired its first trillionaire, what better opera to see than Rheingold, in which a gold ring has the power to give its owner the world’s wealth

Glyndebourne’s new production is virtually all about Kentridge’s art, which is splashed in video projections onto every scene

The men were offered payment and directed by a Russian-speaking contact named ‘El Money’, a court heard

The airport expansion will not be finished until 2040 at the earliest thanks to fish ponds and substations that must be moved, a report has warned

Lawyers at American firms have vented their spleen online at London’s legal culture, amid accusations of a ‘pay war’ for the best British junior solicitors

Stephen and Trinidad Ball divide their semi-retirement between an apartment in south London and a remote mountain-top house in Spain

While the US president is touting his peace deal as a triumph, many details still need to be thrashed out in a 60-day period of further talks

With the AI revolution on its way, it has never been more vital for Britain to break free of the stasis evident in so many areas, such as transport and housing

HMRC has been taxing pharmaceutical companies for providing drugs to patients at no cost under early access schemes

A higher proprtion of illegal crossings were stopped last month, which ministers said showed the value of April’s £660m deal to pay for more beach patrols

President authorises reopening of the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran announces an ‘immediate and permanent end’ to the war

Pechersk Lavra burns after direct hit during a wave of missile and drone strikes that killed at least nine

The politician and journalist published more than 20 books, including biographies, histories and memoirs

Popular, pragmatic and long-serving council leader who fought for better housing, education and social standards in his city, dies aged 81

Plans to be announced by Sir Keir Starmer go further than Australia’s with a total ban for under-16s and restrictions meant to stop unhealthy late-night scrolling

The prime minister wants to water down the net-zero policy after pressure from business and the Unite union over job losses

James Ahmed was so annoyed when his lifetime subscription went from print to digital that he took the company to court

In the period that Leeds maternity unit had the lowest number of caesareans, its rate of stillbirths and newborn deaths became the worst nationally

The US president has said that the deal will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it is yet to be finalised

Royal Marine commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency boarded a sanctioned oil tanker during a six-hour, first of its kind operation

Two years after the party’s landslide win, a wave of unhappiness may sweep it away. As the Makerfield by-election looms, is the Greater Manchester mayor the answer?

NHS chiefs in Leeds were warned against splitting neonatal care over two sites, The Sunday Times has found. Sources fear up to 3,000 cases of possible harm

The DS No8, a new electric saloon, has a name derived from a well-known luxury fragrance. But this isn’t a driving experience the well-heeled will appreciate

Russia can produce 15 million drones a year: Britain has 8,000. As satellite images show Moscow expanding its military footprint, a dangerous gap is forming

A French government watchdog claims BlackCore used fake social media accounts in co-ordinated activity directed at the first minister and the SNP