Children's education has been hugely disrupted by the pandemic - but the impact has by no means been equal.

As ministers try to keep the country moving despite high case numbers, they're considering plans to bring in a vaccine passport scheme this autumn to exclude people from attending mass events like concerts or sports matches unless they've had two jab...

British taxpayers could face many decades of financial risk - thanks to the enormous cost of the pandemic, according to a committee of MPs.

We spoke to Miatta Fahnbulleh, director of the New Economics Foundation, and the Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen about cuts to Universal Credit.

The UK is heading towards the “biggest overnight social security cut” since the modern welfare state was founded, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. They’ve been investigating the impact of the decision to cut Universal Cr...

The executive director of the International Energy Agency hopes the UK government will bear in mind its global reputation on climate ahead of a decision on whether to approve drilling on a new North Sea oil field.

It was once one of the greatest maritime cities on earth, at the heart of global trade since the 19th Century. 

France will double the number of police patrolling its beaches after receiving more than £50 million from the UK government to reduce the number of people trying to cross the English Channel.

The government is demanding "significant changes" to the Northern Ireland Protocol, the deal that Boris Johnson signed with the EU in 2019 to govern trade in Northern Ireland after Brexit.

In the last hour, the government has confirmed it will offer NHS staff a 3% pay rise, backdated to April. The increase was recommended by the independent pay review body. 

Sexual harassment is part of daily life for the majority of women. Even schoolgirls as young as 11 report being intimidated by men making unwanted and inappropriate comments about their bodies or their clothing. 

We spoke to the Home Office Minister Victoria Atkins and began by asking why she has described the new strategy as a “radical programme of change”.

Jill Rutter worked as a civil servant for more than two decades at the Treasury and in Downing Street, and is now an author for ‘UK in a Changing Europe’ .

David Cameron was not one for formality when he lobbied his old colleagues on behalf of the failed finance firm Greensill Capital. 

The UK is preparing to host the UN climate conference, COP26, later this year. But the UK government faces questions of its own about the use of fossil fuels.