Ongoing strikes and record-high waiting lists are just two of the challenges facing the new Health Secretary Victoria Atkins. The former financial secretary to the Treasury was appointed to her
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James Cleverly has found himself occupying a second of the great offices of state in little over a year after the Prime Minister moved him to Home Secretary following Suella
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Suella Braverman has been sacked as home secretary as Rishi Sunak took action following her unauthorised article criticising the way pro-Palestinian protests had been policed. A No 10 source said
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Changes to the law which could have seen couples become a surrogate child’s legal parents at birth will not be taken forward “at the moment”, a health minister has said.
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The Government must demonstrate how it is delivering on its plans to meet challenges in a social care system which remains under “significant pressure”, a report has warned. The National
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Highly-confusing and complex coronavirus laws were difficult to understand for both the police and the public, former home secretary Dame Priti Patel has said. The senior Conservative told the Covid
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Boris Johnson demanded that “bigger fines” be emphasised as he unwound lockdown restrictions, according to a handwritten note exhibiting “crushing irony” that has been shown to the Covid Inquiry. As
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Police had to put off enforcing new coronavirus laws because they only received the legislation signed off by Matt Hancock 16 minutes before it was meant to be enforced, the
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Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has rejected claims he and his deputy misled Holyrood as opposition leaders slated his Government’s dealings with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Pressed by Scottish Conservative
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Rishi Sunak said people should not be criminalised for having nowhere to live but declined to rule out a restriction on tents for homeless people. The Prime Minister also insisted
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