Government

Ambulance unions have reacted with anger after the health secretary said they had “taken a conscious choice to inflict harm on patients”. Steve Barclay said unions had refused to work…

The prime minister and the chancellor have attempted to prepare the ground for a bleak autumn statement, saying that everybody should expect higher taxes and arguing that financial markets were expecting…

Britain’s foremost business lobby group has urged Jeremy Hunt to use this week’s autumn statement to shake up immigration rules to support companies struggling with chronic staff shortages and a looming recession.…

French patrols often describe their mission as a game of cat-and-mouse, played against the clock, in the dark. The northern French coastline offers a smorgasbord of hiding places for smugglers.…

PARIS — The U.K. and France signed an agreement Monday that will see more police patrol beaches in northern France in an attempt to stop migrants from trying to cross the English Channel…