Tory ministers overruled civil service advice to approve a £3million grant to Kids Company days after the Conservative Party received a £250,000 donation from one of the charity's key supporters.

Kids Company paid for a vulnerable young person to have a sex change at a private hospital, it has emerged. NHS staff had allegedly said the patient was not ready for the operation.

Researchers said the trend away from tying the knot was largely confined to low-income groups before the 1990s, but is now spreading up the socio-economic scale.

Paying by credit or debit card in the likes of Spain and America is leading to millions of Brits being ripped-off after choosing to be charged in pound sterling rather than the local currency.

London (pictured) is the worst city in the UK and Europe for congestion with the highest recorded delays at 96 hours - equivalent to four full days of misery going nowhere fast stuck in gridlock.

In a speech today, the Work and Pensions Secretary will vow to tackle a sicknote culture that is in 'dire need of reform' and say work is possible for some claiming disability benefit.

John McDonnell (pictured), tipped to serve as chancellor in a Corbyn regime, said Labour 'reserved the right' to take back shares with 'no compensation' for investors.

The Chancellor will warn that change is key to the future of the EU during meetings with Swedish prime minister Stefan Lofven and Denmark's premier, Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

David and Samantha Cameron posed for official pictures from their second holiday of the summer, a 'staycation' in popular Cornish surf spot Polzeath, after enjoying a sunnier break in the Algarve.

British theatre producer Julius Green turned literary detective and tracked down five full-length and five one-act dramas that were previously-unknown or forgotten.

CHARLES SALE: England's cricketers are not the only ones celebrating an Ashes win - so are BT Sport, who have seized the rights to the 2017-18 series from Sky in a major coup.

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The research by New York founded TGI Friday's also found that 27 per cent of men find it attractive when women get 'hands-on' and 'stuck in' to their food by ordering messy dishes such as burgers or ribs.

Boris Johnson was this morning spotted slumped, fast asleep, on an early morning flight with easyJet out of Gatwick. It comes just days after the Prime Minister was pictured on the same budget carrier.

The former home secretary ridiculed the surge in support for Mr Corbyn - dubbed 'Corbynmania' - and predicted the veteran socialist would take the party back to the political wilderness.

Sir John Chilcot, pictured, refused to answer questions yesterday when approached by the Daily Mail about when he planned publishing his much-anticipated report into the Iraq War.

The man's Ford Puma was hit by the fire engine (pictured) shortly before 11pm on Saturday as it was driving in the New Forest, Hampshire. The driver, in his 20s, died at the scene.

Pensioner Ian Russell, 67, and his three dogs have been sleeping in his Ford Mondeo, in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, since March. Doctors treating him for cancer even have to make 'home visits' there.

Emrah Mevsimler was just 13 years old when he begged his mother to be flown to Zottegem, Belgium, to have the £4,000 surgery. Now, he is urging parents and doctors to find other solutions.

The 21-year-old is suspected of raping the woman, in her 40s, after music ended on Friday night at V Festival. Essex Police have arrested 42 people this weekend mostly for drugs offences.

Karen Briggs, 49, was handed the two-year order on August 12 after pleading guilty to stealing alcohol from Marks & Spencer in Staines. She was rearrested on Wednesday.

The 25-year-old, named locally as Nick Laycock (pictured) is in custody after the 22-year-old British woman was raped at a guest house in a commune near the town of Kampot in southern Cambodia.

Mair Ingman woke to discover that a section of her £2,100 artificial lawn, given to her as a gift by a friend, had been rolled up and taken under the cover of darkness from her home in Wrexham, north Wales.

In a speech today, the Work and Pensions Secretary will vow to tackle a sicknote culture that is in 'dire need of reform' and say work is possible for some claiming disability benefit.

The debt-ridden company spent £15million on 780,149 fuel claims in 2014 - but even that was £4million less than the cost it incurred for 599,076 employee train journey claims.

A firm helping the Royal Navy recruit says that being disconnected from the internet is a 'significant barrier' to getting bright young people, who now want a better work life balance.

The relaunch of the three Michelin starred Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, follows a major refurbishment project which saw the restaurant and all its staff relocated to Australia for six months.

June Lincoln, of North Wales, has a pet raccoon dog, or tanuki as its undomesticated counterpart is also known, which most people mistake for a wile animal.

A doll's house built by a captive German soldier during World War One using fragments of the rubble left from Zeppelin air raids on Britain will be sold at auction tomorrow.

The American pro boxer, nicknamed the 'Money Man', posted a picture of himself sat on the bonnet of the silver ultra-car - a Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita - on Instagram on Saturday.