Matt Falloon

Queen Elizabeth has paid a visit to her 90-year-old husband in hospital as the UK’s longest-serving royal consort recovered from minor heart surgery.

British Prime Minister David Cameron will face pressure to soften his austerity plans, toughen up policing and do more to help inner-city communities.

Britain will end child benefits for higher earners, finance minister George Osborne said on Monday, felling an established payment to all families.