Kemi Badenoch has promised to follow the example of Australia, which introduced the policy in December last year.

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Kristy Hallowell had just lost her job when her energy bill unexpectedly tripled to $1,800 a month. Unable to pay, her gas ...

A former British paratrooper has sketched out the final path on his 36,000-mile (58,000km) walk. In November 1998, Karl ...

Bob Weir, the guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead, has died aged 78. Weir, a cornerstone of the California psychedelic ...

Patson Daka scores his first FA Cup goal to help Leicester City ease past League Two side Cheltenham Town and into the fourth ...

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A small Canadian province feared it had a mystery neurological illness on its hands. The search for answers set off a battle ...

Victoria Woodall claims she was retaliated against after reporting a manager who told clients stories about his swinger ...