The UK’s medicines regulator has confirmed it is investigating a firm that reportedly won work linked to coronavirus testing during the pandemic. Hinpack, a manufacturing business run by former publican
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The Government unlawfully failed to publish details of billions of pounds’ worth of coronavirus-related contracts, the High Court has ruled. The Good Law Project took legal action against the Department
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The Home Office has been accused of “grossly” misstating coronavirus rules after it said “all gatherings are currently against the law”. The Twitter post accompanied a video which said “meeting
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Northern Ireland’s lockdown has been extended to April, but some primary school pupils will return to class on March 8. The Stormont Executive decided on Thursday to keep the majority
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A former Health Secretary has said he is disappointed that the Government “appears to have made no progress towards a genuine long-term solution to the crisis in social care”. Jeremy
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Boris Johnson has said he is “reluctant” to link high coronavirus death rates in the south Wales valleys to austerity measures imposed by previous UK Governments. The Prime Minister said
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Boris Johnson must show he is serious about vulnerable children by placing them at the heart of his plans to ‘build back better’ post-Covid, England’s children’s commissioner has said. Anne
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Paying social care workers “poverty wages” is holding back the economy, Labour will warn as it demands the Government raise their salaries to £10 an hour. Deputy leader Angela Rayner
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A legislative bid to amend Northern Ireland’s recently liberalised abortion laws is to be launched at Stormont. The private member’s bill is seeking to repeal a specific provision within the
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Downing Street has urged care home staff to get vaccinated after it emerged that around a third of social care staff have not received a coronavirus jab. There is no
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