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The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, on Wednesday announced that his department will return to the treasury billions of dollars set aside for green projects, while…

Shabana Mahmood is now the first Muslim woman in one of the great offices of state. As the new home secretary she will be in charge…

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, previously agreed to occupy two different houses at the same time as his “principal residence”, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday,…

The UK’s new business secretary, Peter Kyle, will fly to Beijing this week as part of Keir Starmer’s continuing efforts to revitalise the UK’s trade relationship…

Here is the full list of the new-look cabinet. David Lammy will be justice secretary and deputy prime minister Yvette Cooper will be foreign secretary Shabana…

The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has suggested that her Tory counterpart, Robert Jenrick, was guilty of “risking the collapse of trial”, after he was criticised in…

Bernie Sanders has joined in on growing public calls for Donald Trump’s health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, to resign, after recent chaos across US health…

The US government is pursuing a stake in Intel, the US commerce secretary said on Tuesday, confirming reports of discussions between officials and the company that…

Bessent calls for series of rate cutsUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated his call for a half-point interest rate reduction at the Federal Reserve’s next…

Matt Wrack, a former leader of the firefighters’ union, has been elected as permanent general secretary of the NASUWT teaching union after a ballot in which…