Britain’s flagship home insulation programme has received a damning verdict from the National Audit Office. Under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme, tens of thousands of households have been left with faulty or even dangerous installations. It’s a result, the auditors say, of weak oversight, poor skills and confused accountability.

Buckingham Palace and the British government were under pressure Monday to formally strip Prince Andrew of his princely title and sumptuous home after new revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Rachel Reeves is facing a £28bn blow from soaring inflation as it pushes up the cost of Britain’s debt payments.

British finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to build up a bigger buffer against her main fiscal rule at next month's budget in an effort to better insulate government finances from future shocks, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Prince Andrew has been banished from the royal whirl after emails emerged this week showing that he had remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein longer than he previously admitted.

A spending watchdog has slammed government schemes designed to insulate homes as “a failure”, costing homeowners thousands of pounds.

Norwegian oil giant Equinor and Scottish firm Ithaca Energy have submitted an application to exploit the Rosebank oil and gas field near the Shetland Islands

Britain's government is on track to borrow roughly 400 billion pounds ($534 billion) this financial year as it struggles with the social and economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 55,