Treasury minister Darren Jones has apologised for comparing benefits for disabled people to "pocket money".Jones, who is deputy to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, was defending welfare cuts on the BBC's Politics Live after Wednesday's Spring Statement when he made the...

Brian WheelerPolitical reporterReutersRachel Reeves has squeezed the welfare budget further and boosted defence spending in a Spring Statement aimed at kick-starting the faltering economy.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) - the government's financial watchdog - halved its growth forecast...

Brian WheelerPolitical reporterReutersThe US launched air strikes towards Yemen on 15 MarchThe lives of British servicemen and women have not been put at risk by a major security breach in the United States, the UK armed forces minister has...