Free parking for NHS staff working in hospitals in England will end on Friday, the Health Secretary has said. Parking fees were waived during the Covid-19 pandemic, but Sajid Javid
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A minister has been urged to step in and “persuade” GP receptions to be more user friendly and welcoming to patients. The call was made by former social services watchdog
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A campaign organisation has lost a High Court fight after complaining about children in council care being placed in facilities outside their home area. The Good Law Project had taken
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Jurors sworn in to try a Tory MP accused of groping a 15-year-old boy 14 years ago have been asked if they have “strong political views”. Imran Ahmad Khan (pictured),
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Care home residents, those aged 75 and over and people with weakened immune systems may still receive Covid booster jabs over the next six to 12 months, MPs have heard.
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A new national register will be introduced to stop vulnerable pupils falling through the cracks and going missing from school rolls, the Government has announced. The Schools White Paper announced
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The first 20 fines will be issued over alleged lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street and Whitehall in a move which will put Boris Johnson’s leadership under fresh pressure. The Metropolitan
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A charity supporting families coming to the UK from Ukraine said no visas have been granted to those it is helping, almost two weeks on from the Government scheme’s launch.
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A Government adviser on violence against women said the strip-searching of a 15-year-old black schoolgirl should “horrify us all”. Protests and political condemnation erupted after it emerged the teenager –
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The daughter of an NHS worker who died from Covid-19 has said she is “distraught” after an inquest concluded procedures were in place to keep him safe. Mark Woolcock, 59,
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