First Minister Mark Drakeford has said public fatigue, household mixing, and people’s behaviour to and from hospitality venues has led to a surge in coronavirus transmissions in Wales. The Welsh
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A Bill that aims to provide financial compensation for survivors of historic childhood abuse has been backed by a committee of MSPs. But Holyrood’s Education Committee has raised some of
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Nicola Sturgeon has visited a centre where the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine is due to begin on Tuesday. The First Minister met staff who are co-ordinating the vaccine produced
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Campaigners are threatening the Government with legal action over guidance which they claim imposes a “blanket ban” on elderly care home residents making visits to family and friends at Christmas
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A victim of trafficking has been left “unemployed, dehumanised and penalised” as a result of the Home Office’s “astonishing” delay in deciding whether she has leave to remain in the
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The UK has become the first country in the world to approve the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccination to start next week. The jab
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced a one-off payment for Scotland’s health and social care staff as a ‘thank you for their extraordinary service’ throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. A
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Six million people will lose out if the Government becomes the first since the Great Depression to cut unemployment benefits during a crisis, Labour has claimed. MPs heard that 5.8
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The rollout of the coronavirus vaccination programme in Northern Ireland should be complete by the summer of next year, Stormont leaders have predicted. Healthcare workers, care home residents and staff,
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Millions of families on Universal Credit are facing “agonising uncertainty” after the Government’s spending review did not address calls for benefit increases to be extended, charities have warned. Since April
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