A pilot where relatives of care home residents will be tested for coronavirus before visiting loved ones will start in days, the Government has said. Relatives of residents in 30
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The case of a mother who was unable to see her son in adult residential care due to lockdown before he passed away has been raised in the Commons. Conservative
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Executive ministers were involved in angry exchanges after the DUP moved to block a proposal to extend Northern Ireland’s circuit-break lockdown for two more weeks. DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots’
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A coronavirus vaccine would be offered to people in high-risk groups in Wales as early as December if it passes final safety checks in time, the Welsh Government has said.
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A Holyrood committee has urged people to have their say on planned new laws that could be used to ban those who commit domestic abuse from their victims’ homes. MSPs
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The military and NHS staff are on standby to roll out a Covid-19 vaccine across the UK from the start of December, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock said
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MPs have launched an inquiry into the “disturbing” rise of self-generated child sexual abuse material. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Social Media will investigate the problem, amid warnings of online
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NHS staff and key workers who have died during the nation’s struggle against coronavirus should be given their own memorial marking their sacrifice, the Liberal Democrat leader has said. Sir
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The Scottish Government is exploring whether a public inquiry into care home deaths during the coronavirus pandemic could cover all four nations of the UK, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed. Scotland’s
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Charities supporting the clinically vulnerable have accused the Government of causing “untold amounts of stress”, after new guidance on shielding was published just hours ahead of the start of a
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