Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said the proposed changes would help the sector move towards ‘tax parity with supermarkets’.

Meta has been warned by EU regulators that it might have to take steps to open up access to WhatsApp for rival artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, ...

Tesco has revealed plans to expand its Express network with another 70 stores, including five former Amazon Fresh sites. The supermarket giant said it will open the new convenience store sites by ...

Downing Street communications chief Tim Allan said he was standing down to allow “a new No 10 team to be built”. It comes a day after the resignation of top aide to Sir Keir, Morgan McSweeney. Mr ...

The departure of chief of staff Mr McSweeney means Sir Keir, for the first time in his Labour leadership, is without his key lieutenant and the man credited with masterminding his landslide election ...

A man described as a “useful idiot” who set fire to to businesses as part of a gang feud has been jailed for more than seven years. Logan Carlin, 24, threw bottles filled with accelerant into two ...

It bodes well for Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds that they conquered the world and Olympic champions to seal their spot at the top of the curling ...

Sir Keir Starmer is “taking responsibility” for appointing Lord Peter Mandelson, a minister has insisted as the Prime Minister is set to face mutinous Labour MPs amid a fight for his political ...

A man has been released on bail after an elderly woman died in Prestwich following a collision between a car and a 79-year-old woman ...

Former Scottish health secretary Jeane Freeman was like a “wise counsellor” during the “terrifying” period of the coronavirus pandemic, First Minister John Swinney has said, as he paid tribute to her.

The Prime Minister has come under renewed pressure from union leaders and Labour MPs following the resignation of his chief of staff, ...

Pressure is continuing to mount on the Prime Minister despite the resignation of his chief aide Morgan McSweeney.