The Government said collective defined contribution schemes can potentially offer more security and higher average incomes throughout retirement.

Louise Shackleton, who was told this month she will not face charges over her husband’s assisted death in Switzerland last December, made her plea to House of Lords peers as they prepared to carry out ...

A UK defence minister has said the UK Government is discussing investing directly in Scottish colleges to tackle skills shortages in the sector. Education is fully devolved to Scotland, meaning it is ...

Scotland becoming independent would be a “win” for Vladimir Putin, a UK defence minister has said. Defence procurement minister Luke Pollard was speaking to Scottish journalists in London on Tuesday ...

Grieving families who have lost loved ones as a result of severe allergic reactions are calling for urgent changes to the inquest system, warning that the current set-up has failed to learn from past ...

The technology uses ultrasound to destroy cancer cells and can be done in as little as 30 minutes, without the need for surgery.

Spending would be going towards modern manufacturing facilities at the company’s main UK factory in Staffordshire.

Overall, researchers found that there was an “approximate 4kg difference in weight change” depending on which drugs patients were prescribed – with those given agomelatine losing an average of 2.44kg ...