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Ministers have opened the door to approving drilling at two controversial North Sea oilfields, as new guidance on how energy firms should account for future emissions…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Senior ministers are in urgent negotiations about boosting…

The government is aiming for a significant expansion of clinical trials in the UK, and plans to use the NHS app to encourage millions of people…

The government is intensifying efforts to quell a growing rebellion over welfare cuts, with whips stepping up contact with MPs and strategists drawing up plans for…

Ministers are to offer mutinous Labour MPs an olive branch on the government’s welfare plans to help avert a major rebellion in a crucial vote early…

Britain will take action to ratify the high seas treaty by the end of this year, a landmark agreement that will protect marine life in some…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureNatasha MayThe elective surgery waiting list in New South Wales public hospitals is nearing the…

The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in placing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, over…

Proposals to regulate artificial intelligence have been delayed by at least a year as UK ministers plan a bumper bill to regulate the technology and its…

Ministers have been accused of being “asleep at the wheel” over threats to the UK’s soft power around the world, as some of their own advisers…