From water to council tax: How the bill rises (and one drop) in April affect you

Nick Edserbusiness reporter Getty Images The UK economy grew slightly in August, official figures show, as focus intensifies on what measures the government might unveil in next month’s Budget. An increase in manufacturing output helped the economy expand by 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, but the figure for July was revised down…

Bethan LewisEducation & family correspondent, BBC Wales News Robin Lloyd Robin Lloyd said moving a few miles across the border meant she could now afford to have a second child From her Monmouthshire home, Robin Lloyd was able to see houses over the border in England knowing the families who lived there could access free…

Italian pasta is set to be spared from high-level US tariffs that the Trump administration had threatened against 13 producers. The move could have resulted in American importers being taxed at a rate greater than the value of the actual pasta itself, and prices rising sharply for US consumers. But on Thursday, the Italian foreign…

The assembly, dominated by lawmakers who are allies of former president Nicolás Maduro, passed the bill with the backing of interim President Delcy Rodríguez, who assumed office after Maduro was seized in a US military operation earlier this month.