With the end of 2024 in sight, it is time to put your knowledge of the past year to the test.

Pensioners have until the end of Saturday to apply for benefits which could unlock access to the winter fuel payment, or risk missing out on up to £300.

This is awkward for Downing Street to say the least. The person chosen by the British government to be the keystone in the most important of bilateral..

Sir Keir Starmer has nominated 30 former Labour MPs, staff and union leaders to the House of Lords.

The co-manager for Donald Trump's presidential election campaign has called Lord Mandelson an "absolute moron" - as the peer was officially announced as the next..

Sir Keir Starmer has nominated his former top adviser Sue Gray for a life peerage.

The government is planning to "bring back the family doctor" by giving GPs an extra £889m to spend time with patients in a bid to end a dispute.

Government borrowing in November was the lowest for that month in three years, according to official figures.

Councils should "get on with the job" of fixing pothole-plagued roads, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Former cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt has revealed she threatened to pull out of a general election TV debate if she couldn't apologise for Rishi Sunak skipping..

Sir Keir Starmer is to make his most controversial senior appointment yet by naming Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador to the US.

With Labour's general election victory in the rearview mirror, eyes are turning to the next battle: who will be the party's next candidate for London mayor.

Sir Keir Starmer has said "it will take some time" before living standards improve in the UK as he faced a grilling from senior MPs.

Labour's anti-corruption minister has been named in court documents detailing claims her family embezzled billions of pounds from a nuclear power project in..

The government has admitted it does not know how much HS2 will ultimately cost - or when high speed trains will be running on the beleaguered rail project.

Hospices in England will receive an extra £100m to improve buildings, equipment and accommodation, the government has said.

The policing minister has said she wants forces "to do far more" to tackle shoplifting after figures obtained by Sky News showed fewer than one in four incidents..

The government is doubling its support for workers and businesses affected by job losses at a giant Tata steel plant.

The chancellor campaigned for Waspi women to receive compensation when she was shadow pensions minister - and revealed that her own mother was affected by..

Kemi Badenoch has accused Sir Keir Starmer of "raising hopes and smashing them" with a series of "broken promises".

Rachel Reeves has repeatedly told us that Labour will not play "fast and loose" with the public finances but is the government playing fast and loose with..

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said most Waspi women knew the state pension age was changing so it was not "the best use of taxpayers' money to pay an expensive..

The Labour government is facing backlash after refusing to pay compensation to women who were affected by the rise in state pension age.

Councils will receive a cash injection of nearly £1bn next year to tackle homelessness in England, Angela Rayner has announced.

The government will spend almost £6bn buying back thousands of military homes into public ownership.

Scottish government ministers and staff are to be banned from using informal mobile messaging apps - including WhatsApp - on official devices.

Listening to the sentencing in the Sara Sharif trial, it's hard not to be gripped with anger and disbelief. 

Nigel Farage and his party treasurer have met with Elon Musk at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for the first time since rumours surfaced of a multi-million..

Sir Keir Starmer has defended a decision not to compensate women affected by changes to their retirement age - saying doing so would "burden" the taxpayer.

Council tax bills are set to rise to pay for a 3.5% real terms increase in funding for police forces next year, the government has announced.

Former first minister Humza Yousaf has announced he will not run for re-election at the 2026 Holyrood election.

The right to home schooling will no longer be automatic for parents of the most vulnerable children under new government proposals.

The government and the water regulator broke the law by allowing sewage to be discharged outside of "exceptional circumstances", according to the green watchdog.

David Cameron and George Osborne made a "massive mistake" in courting China from 2010 to 2016, Sir Iain Duncan Smith has told Sky News.

Naming an alleged Chinese spy linked to Prince Andrew has triggered a much wider row about the UK's relationship with China.

Nicola Sturgeon says she knows "nothing more" about the police investigation into the SNP's funding and finances, 18 months after she was arrested and released..

Some local elections may not go ahead next year under the government's devolution plans, a minister has suggested.

A woman has avoided jail after throwing a milkshake at Nigel Farage during his general election campaign in Clacton-on-Sea.

Naming an alleged Chinese spy who has been linked to Prince Andrew is a "matter for the courts", a government minster has said.

The prime minister is visiting Norway to launch a new green energy deal before attending a defence summit in Estonia.