Mr Reed confirmed the proposals had been dropped during an Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) committee session with MPs on Tuesday.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said guilty defendants avoiding court was a “final insult to victims and their families, because it robs them of the chance to tell offenders through victim impact ...

Flight attendants in Spain have been told to hand back five months’ worth of salary increases after a row between the airline and a union.

The consultation period was extended from two weeks to six ‘in light of the level of public interest’, the Equality and Human Rights ...

Slow worms are often mistaken for snakes, but these 'legless lizards' can be spotted in UK gardens and woodland.

William and Kate are named in the Innovators category where they are hailed by the US publication for modernising royal philanthropy. The Time100 Philanthropy 2025 is described as “the 100 most ...

The Government has pledged to prioritise any bid for compensation by a man who spent 38 years in prison after wrongly being convicted of murder. Speaking in Parliament, justice minister Lord Ponsonby ...

Just over a fifth of shareholder votes backed proposals for more disclosure on how increasing LNG production meets Shell’s ...