There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it.

Colin Stonehouse, 36, and David Kirkbride, 28, joined a crowd of protesters who caused damage to a hotel housing asylum seekers in Staffordshire.

CHARGES for a range of Thurrock Council services are set to increase by an average of 4.5 per cent from April. Cabinet is set to agree changes to 978 fees and charges across 44 services, including on ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is preparing to host a live-streamed chat with a leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany party, amplifying concerns across Europe about potential meddling in ...

Members of the National Education Union will be asked if they would be willing to take industrial action over the Government’s proposed pay offer.

Crews from Orsett and Grays were called to Tilbury this afternoon after a resident heard their smoke alarms sounding and discovered a fire ...

THURROCK councillors have supported plans for the borough to join a fast track plan to transfer more power from Government to local authorities ...

A “popular, well-liked” teenager was fatally stabbed near a bus station in a town centre, police have said. Thomas Taylor, 17, was attacked by a group of males at 5.50pm on Wednesday as he walked ...

THURROCK Council is set to hike council tax by almost 5 per cent as it battles rising costs and its recovery from financial ruin ...