The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised the Government to provide an autumn Covid-19 booster programme in preparation for winter. The committee recommends that those in older
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Campaigners have expressed “anger” with the Government that “red tape” is making it too difficult to access promised funding for motor neurone disease (MND) research. They are calling for “urgent
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The UK Government has taken further legislative action in a bid to ensure the full delivery of abortion services in Northern Ireland. Abortion laws in the region were liberalised in
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The care minister has declined to say whether the Government will follow Scotland’s lead in bringing in legislation enshrining the right of care home residents to receive visitors. Gillian Keegan
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A Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences spanning seven years. Scotland Yard said the unnamed man in his 50s, who remained in custody
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Jeremy Hunt has admitted that his own failings as health secretary have contributed to people waiting hours for an ambulance or in A&E departments. The ex-Cabinet minister has also described
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Boris Johnson and the Cabinet Secretary were unscathed by the latest tranche of partygate fines issued by the Metropolitan Police, as the total climbed into triple figures. It was announced
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Former MP Natalie McGarry committed “significant breaches of trust”, a court heard, as she was found guilty of embezzling almost £25,000 from two pro-independence groups. McGarry (pictured outside court), who
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Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has urged people to play their part in shaping the future of social care in Northern Ireland. The Minister today announced a further extension
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A Home Office minister was unable to point to any calculations that the Government’s Rwanda relocation policy will reduce the number of people arriving in the UK via small boats.
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