In England’s fractured five-party system – featuring Labour, the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats, Reform and the Green/Islamist/far-Left movement – a hung Parliament is certain sooner or later, ...

As Labour reverses Tory changes to the rules governing some local elections, John Rentoul looks at what it could mean for ...

UK transport secretary Heidi Alexander has binned off a £1 billion promise to improve ‘the worst A-road in the country’. This 16-mile expanse of the A12 between Chelmsford and Colchester is an ...

Hamas has lost its appeal to be removed from the list of banned terrorist organisations in the UK. The Islamist group based ...

The British government has rejected an application by the Palestinian group Hamas to remove it from the UK's list of banned ...

A lady has mourned the passing of her father-in-law, Ramesh Patel, who was aboard the ill-fated Air India flight AI171She ...

Veronica Strathie, who is in her 80s, had lived at her home in Kelvedon, Essex, near the A12 for 21 years. The £1.2bn project ...

Sir Keir Starmer promised Emmanuel Macron that the UK would continue to crack down on illegal working after France warned ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has cancelled the widening scheme planned for the A12 between Colchester and Chelmsford which is used by ...

Politicians and businesses have criticised the decision to axe an A12 widening project, with one MP calling it "a disgrace". Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander cancelled the long-awaited £1.2b works ...

Essex MPs and council leaders have expressed their disappointment at the decision to scrap the A12 widening, calling it "disgusting." The government has confirmed that a long-gestating plan to widen ...

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has cancelled the widening scheme planned for the A12 between Colchester and Chelmsford which is used by ...