The public sector borrowed £18.3billion last month, up around a fifth on August 2025, as rising tax revenues failed to keep pace with Labour's spending.
Fears Putin will trigger new mass mobilisation to bolster meatgrinder frontline forces after his record win in sham elections
Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won a record supermajority in the Duma, authorities announced Monday after a tightly controlled three-day election.
Charlotte Church brands Ed Sheeran a greedy capitalist in stage rant before leading young fans in 'Free Palestine' chants as row over US tour rumbles on
The controversial Welsh singer, 40, issued a chilling warning that his critics were 'watching' him as the bitter row over Israel and Palestine engulfed his Loop tour of the United States.
Spanish cops discover plastic-lined 'narco torture chamber' with pliers and hammers in Costa del Sol tourist town after blood-soaked man escaped screaming 'they want to kill us'
Police dismantled a plastic-lined 'torture chamber' decked out with pliers and hammers in a Costa del Sol home after a man escaped screaming: 'They want to kill us.'
Burnham vows to do 'everything possible' to revive hated Chagos surrender deal as he cosies up to Mauritius ahead of Trump talks
The Prime Minister spoke with his Mauritian counterpart Navin Ramgoolam last night, with No10 saying he 'underlined his commitment' to working with Mauritius.
Student gunman opens fire injuring at least eight in Turkish school shooting
A student opened fire in front of their high school in the western Turkish province of Manisa on Tuesday, wounding at least eight people including other pupils.