Heidi Alexander said the Government would publish estimates in March for how long the schemes will take to deliver.

Tory former Cabinet minister Lord Norman Tebbit has died aged 94, his son said. The Conservative grandee was one of Margaret Thatcher’s closest political allies and played a key role in Tory politics ...

As Conservative Party chairman, Norman Tebbit masterminded Margaret Thatcher’s third general election victory despite tensions with the PM.

Ravinder Naga falsely confessed to stealing £35,000 as a result of the Horizon IT faults in a bid to save his mother from prosecution.

Musician and producer Jordan Rakei recorded more than 50 sounds such as travellers’ footsteps, passports being stamped and aircraft engines.