Evidence given to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry by Matt Hancock has been called into question by local councils, which insisted his former department had “far more levers” to oversee social
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People who lost loved ones in the pandemic came together to form a campaign group after feeling “abandoned” by the Government, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard. Many of those
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The Government’s flagship Illegal Migration Bill passed through Parliament but has been denounced by the United Nations while plans for more vessels to house asylum seekers have run into difficulties.
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A Labour MP said the difference in standards to how victims of modern slavery are treated nowadays in the UK has made her cry, as she criticised housing people on
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Women’s rights groups have called for urgent reform of “outdated and illiberal” abortion laws after judges reduced the sentence of a woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end
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The Government’s high-risk dash to buy protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic resembled “panic buying”, a cross-party committee of MPs has found. A “rushed” approach to buying personal protective equipment
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A woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion tablets to end her pregnancy during lockdown has won her Court of Appeal bid to reduce her sentence and will be released from
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Terror attack survivors have condemned the UK’s compensation scheme in a new report. Support network Survivors Against Terror (SAT) has called for change after it found that more than half
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A woman and her partner who enslaved her vulnerable disabled husband leaving him to live in squalid conditions have both been jailed for 11 years. Sarah Somerset-How, 49, and George
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The Government is on track to break a key promise to build 40 new hospitals by 2030, a report by the public spending watchdog has found. Delays to projects mean
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