The family of a mother-of-five who was killed by her “obsessed” former partner have told an inquest that they believe police missed an opportunity to prevent her “tragic, soul-destroying” death.
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Drug-related deaths among Scots who were dependent on opioids more than trebled between 2011 and 2020, according to new research. In a large-scale study involving almost 50,000 people over a
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The argument over transparency between the UK Covid-19 Inquiry and the Government has widened after the chairwoman heard that WhatsApp submissions from senior aides had been redacted. Hugo Keith KC
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The Government is expected to announce a recruitment drive seeking volunteers to carry out social care work amid staff shortages in the sector. Members of the public will be encouraged
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The Government is still being “too slow” to recover taxpayer money lost to fraud and error over the pandemic, MPs have said. The cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has also
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Nurses in Wales have begun a fresh wave of strikes amid a bitter dispute over pay. The Royal College of Nursing said its members would walk out on June 6
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Economic inactivity among 18 to 24-year-olds due to ill-health has nearly doubled over the past decade, according to new research. Most of those are struggling with education, with four in
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At least one in five households with an unpaid carer in some of the most built-up parts of the country have no private transport and have someone who is disabled
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The chairwoman of the Covid inquiry would surely be left with no choice but to resign if the Government wins its legal fight over access to ministers’ WhatsApp messages, a
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock has apologised for a rule breach after he lobbied the Commons’ standards commissioner during an investigation into a Conservative MP. Mr Hancock committed the “minor
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