Universal credit is a payment to help with living costs and is available for people on low incomes or those who are out of work or cannot work.

Tesco is opening delivery slots earlier, cutting same-day delivery fees in some areas and adding Click+Collect slots to help families this summer.

The Archbishop of Jerusalem has likened the “horrifying” food distribution system for Palestinians to “hunger games” and criticised discussions of “ethnic cleansing” between the Israeli and US ...

A private spaceflight featuring the first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary came to a close on ...

WARRINGTON Wolves are well represented once again in the squads for the next Academy Origin fixture. Eight of the 21 players picked for the Lancashire squad have played starring roles in The Wire’s ...

The Wire were due to make their second trip of the year to the John Smith's Stadium to face Huddersfield Giants on Saturday, August 23, as part of Super League Round 23. However, it has been confirmed ...

The FTSE 100 Index briefly rose above the record high, hitting 9,016.98 at one stage in morning trading on Tuesday.

The latest poll found 63% of French people surveyed would support an independent Scotland joining the EU, with only 13% opposed. In Italy, 64% favour Scotland being allowed to join, with 11% against, ...

Rachel Reeves has set out sweeping reforms to the UK’s finance industry in the hope of delivering much-needed economic growth. The Chancellor hopes the drive to cut red tape and increase innovation, ...

The clashes began with a series of tit-for-tat kidnappings and attacks between members of local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions.

The broadcaster, 67, announced his diagnosis with stage four prostate cancer in June, saying he was ‘responding positively’ to treatment.