Government accused of ‘hit and hope’ COVID strategy as schools return this week

Students go back to school in England and Wales this week amid concerns over a lack of preparedness for COVID-19.

Afghans who helped British forces to be allowed to remain in the UK permanently

Afghans who worked with the UK will be given indefinite leave to remain, the Home Office has announced.

Biden signals end to ‘era of major military operations to remake other countries’

There was a key section in the president's speech which, in the chaos of the Afghan withdrawal, might get overlooked. 

UK government challenged in court by Greenpeace over BP North Sea oil drilling licence

The UK government's decision to grant oil giant BP a permit to drill for oil in the North Sea will be challenged in court today.

Met Office names upcoming storms after members of the public

Upcoming UK storms will be named after a self-confessed weather watcher, a "quick-as-lightning" goalkeeper, and a daughter who "leaves a trail of destruction", the Met Office has announced.

Work and pensions secretary resists calls to make £20 Universal Credit uplift permanent

Therese Coffey has resisted calls from ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to keep the £20 uplift to Universal Credit in place beyond the current October deadline.

Afghanistan: The key questions for Dominic Raab as he faces MPs over Taliban takeover

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.

Cholesterol-lowering drug that ‘could save 30,000 lives’ to be rolled out in UK

Hundreds of thousands of people will soon have access to a cholesterol-lowering drug that could save 30,000 lives within the next decade, it has been announced.