Shadow ministers raised research from the Institute of Directors’ Economic Confidence Index, which measures business leader optimism.

Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’s top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war.

The number of people dying in or after police custody in England and Wales has been described as “extremely concerning” as figures show more than half had mental health problems. The Independent ...

A man and two women have been remanded in custody over the death of a 23-month-old child in Co Tyrone. Tavia Da Costa is believed to have died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday.

Wayne Rooney admits he is “surprised” that Thomas Tuchel has been appointed as England’s new boss. The German was named as Gareth Southgate’s permanent successor on Wednesday, signing an 18-month ...

The Social Security Advisory Committee admonished the Government for not providing an impact assessment of its plan to scrap the universal payment.