Chancellor is eyeing welfare system for potential cuts but pensions secretary says more support for jobseekers is keyThe work and pensions secretary, Liz Kendall, has said helping more people back into a job is the best way to cut the benefits bill, as...

(Interscope)After some noteworthy musical and cinematic misfires, Gaga gets back to her core themes of sex, sleaze and celebrity on an album that sounds not retro, but relevantLady Gaga’s single Abracadabra is enjoying its fifth consecutive week in the...

The Biden-era rules require thousands of hazardous-chemical sites to adopt new safeguards against storms, spills and other risks.

Readers respond to a piece by Sam Dick about the letter his father wrote to the Guardian in 1998 in praise of his gay sonI was moved by Sam Dick’s article that detailed his coming out to his family and, in particular, the letter that his father wrote t...

Readers respond to an article by Nels Abbey on what constitutes Englishness or being BritishI’m not sure that I entirely agree with Nels Abbey’s conclusion regarding what constitutes Englishness, although ethnicity is certainly one factor that is used ...

Levies on tourists and cruise ships considered by some local authorities in attempt to plug funding gapsCouncil tax costs in Scotland will hit record levels next month after local authorities agreed to raise rates by up to 15%, with some planning new l...