System of regulating water firms needs complete overhaul, MPs warn - The Public Accounts Committee said the Government must act with urgency to strengthen oversight of the sector.

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.

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.

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 Westminster committee has called for greater transparency over how the Scottish government is financed. The Scottish Affairs Committee made the recommendation in a report having examined the effectiveness of the Barnett formula - the measure used to work out how much money the UK government sends to devolved nations each year.

All published polls indicate a hung parliament is the most likely result of Saturday's Tasmanian state election — who are the potential crossbenchers and what do they want?