MPs have backed a tax hike to boost funds for dealing with the NHS treatment backlog and to reform social care in England. On Wednesday night,...
Boris Johnson’s government has reneged on key promises it has made in the efforts to combat climate change, according to one of the most senior Conservative...
Boris Johnson will be confident of victory in a snap Commons vote on his NHS bailout and social care shake-up, which MPs are claiming is the...
The significance of Boris Johnson’s announcement goes well beyond social care. It sets the tone and the terms for the next general election and signals what...
Boris Johnson is expected to raise national insurance by about 1.2% to pay for a pledge to end the “catastrophic costs” of social care, a move...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has urged the government to grant military medals to those British troops involved in the evacuation of Afghanistan last month. Speaking...
Boris Johnson will tell MPs that he will use “every economic, political and diplomatic lever” to help Afghans left behind by the British as he looks...
Concern at the top of government over a rise to national insurance has spilled into the open after a senior minister suggested that voters would remember...
Boris Johnson is coming under attack from senior members of his own party ahead of a possible announcement on social care this week. The prime minister...
The government is reportedly determined to push ahead with COVID-19 vaccines for 12 to 15-year-olds, despite advisers recommending against it. The Joint Committee for Vaccination and...
The government must immediately remove the mandatory requirement for care home staff to be vaccinated amid a workforce crisis in the sector, the UK’s largest social...
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has highlighted the importance of engaging with the Taliban as he acknowledged the need “to face up to the new reality in...
The prime minister is expected to announce a rise in national insurance payments to fund social care, despite this being a breach of the 2019 Tory...
Dominic Raab’s select committee grilling served many functions. It allowed some MPs to performatively beat up the foreign secretary over his holiday for the purposes of...
A leaked Foreign Office report warned government ministers on 22 July that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would lead to ‘rapid Taliban advances’, a...
Dominic Raab has said he is “not confident with any precision” about how many people who are entitled to come to the UK remain trapped in...
The Foreign Secretary will be questioned by MPs later on how the government intends to deal with the fall-out from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Parliament...
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has admitted it will be a “challenge” for British nationals left in Afghanistan to now find a route to the UK. Speaking...
Ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are calling on the UK government to keep the £20 uplift to Universal Credit in place beyond the current...
Dominic Raab is to hold a series of diplomatic meetings this week focusing on future engagement with the Taliban after the final UK troops pulled out...