28+ min ago   (659+ words) John Swinney has claimed the UK is at a "pivotal moment of constitutional change" - ahead of a summit with the leaders of Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein in Cardiff. Swinney, Plaid's leader Rhun ap Iorwerth, and Sinn Fein's president Mary…...

36+ min ago   (541+ words) Transport campaigners in the South are urging the prime minister to visit the region to see for himself how rural areas are struggling with limited bus services. Susan Dorsett is leader of Hampshire-based group the Knightwood Valley Park Campaigners, and…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago   (564+ words) Patrols by private security guards are to begin from Monday at three Essex locations that asylum seekers frequently visit, a council has confirmed. Six trained and uniformed "security operatives" would patrol Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford centres seven days a week,…...

8+ hour, 20+ min ago   (618+ words) The UK needs a "culture shift" in how it does business, Andy Burnham has said ahead of a meeting with some of the UK's biggest bosses. The prime minister said those who take risks in business should be backed by…...

8+ hour, 50+ min ago   (825+ words) The first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff on Monday to discuss ways of "working more closely", including on constitutional issues. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the three nationalist leaders since Plaid…...

10+ hour, 54+ min ago   (607+ words) Campaigners have taken part in a mass trespass in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Ashton-in-Makerfield constituency over the right to roam in privately-owned green spaces. They walked on to the Winstanley Hall estate in Wigan as part of their calls for…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago   (493+ words) Wales' First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has said he would not accept huge political donations like the £72m received by Reform UK from two cryptocurrency businessmen. The Plaid Cymru leader asked the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday: "Have these two individuals…...