The Government should allow more than 100,000 disabled and ill people to seek compensation after a “blunder” saw their benefits mistakenly cut, an ombudsman has warned. At least 118,000 people
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England’s deputy chief medical officer Professor Sir Jonathan Van-Tam is to leave his role at the end of March. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said it had been an “honour” to
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Care home residents’ human rights have been “completely handed over” to care homes who have “too much power”, actress Ruthie Henshall has said. Experts compared the care sector to a
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Tory MPs have urged ministers to U-turn on their policy of sacking frontline health and social care staff if they refuse to have Covid-19 vaccinations. Former chief whip Mark Harper
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An internet “justice” group’s work to “expose” people wanting to “meet underage girls for sexual purposes” led to the arrest of a man now accused of child sexual offences, a
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Parents risk social services stepping in if they do not recognise their children are trans because public services are being “captured” by an ideology, ministers have heard. Conservative MP Mark
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Health Minister Robin Swann has made a new request for military assistance to help relieve Covid pressures in Northern Ireland’s hospitals. Mr Swann has made an official request to the
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The Duke of York can be tried over allegations he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was underage after a US judge ruled her civil lawsuit can proceed. Judge Lewis
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Boris Johnson apologised for attending a “bring your own booze” gathering in the garden of No 10 during England’s first lockdown as he battled to save his premiership. The Prime
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The Government’s use of a so-called “VIP lane” to award millions of pounds’ worth of contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. The Good
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