The Government has suffered a defeat at the hands of peers seeking to restrict the power of ministers to make international healthcare agreements post-Brexit. The House of Lords backed by
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A Holyrood committee has agreed to back proposals to extend the use of pre-recorded evidence to child witnesses of domestic abuse. The Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill has been
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Eight in 10 households affected by the benefit cap cannot escape it and should be removed from its scope, ministers have been urged. The Work and Pensions Select Committee called
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The Government has been urged to drop the need for both parents to be in work to qualify for 30 hours of free childcare a week to help close the
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Hundreds of nursery school leaders will descend on Westminster asking for long-term funding to secure their future. On Monday nursery heads and governors will deliver a letter to Philip Hammond
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The Scottish Government should introduce a three-month waiting time target for autism patients, according to the Scottish Conservatives. The party wants an introduction of a target from referral to first
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Karen Bradley has pledged to rebuild the trust of victims hurt by her comments on state killings in Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Secretary made clear she would not be
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Rape survivors have called on the Government to provide specialist counselling support for those who need it amid concerns a lack of funding means women are unable to access the
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The benefits freeze has pushed 200,000 people into poverty, according to analysis by social reform think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). Chancellor Philip Hammond was urged to use next
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Families bereaved in shootings involving the British Army in Belfast almost 50 years ago have branded Karen Bradley’s apology too little, too late. The Northern Ireland Secretary has said she
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