The UK and Scottish governments have long-disputed whether the Barnett formula is fair.

As fresh details of the controversy emerged on Thursday, free speech campaigners said the use of the courts to prevent the public from knowing about the security breach, and subsequent secret asylum scheme, should never be repeated.

MPs on the public accounts committee said the system of regulating water companies needs 'a complete overhaul' to rebuild trust and ensure its poor performance improves

C hancellor Rachel Reeves inadvertently breached parliamentary rules by missing the deadline for registering gifts, the MPs' watchdog has concluded.

The Metro leads on US President Donald Trump's "flip" on files related to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019. The paper reports Epstein's ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell has launched a fresh appeal against her conviction for helping Epstein sexually abuse young girls. [BBC]

Milwaukee health officials feared the growing lead crisis at MPS would divert resources needed to respond to the annual summer rise in lead poisoning cases.

A group of Liberal Democrat MPs ask the culture secretary Lisa Nandy to intervene over Crystal Palace's demotion from the Europa League.

At the Montgomery school board meeting in July, Superintendent Zickeyous Byrd reviewed his plan for his first 100 days in office.