Today saw the opening salvos in what's set to be a ferocious battle this autumn over the government's spending plans.

Religious institutions are failing to protect children from abuse, according to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.

Covid cases in England have remained steady recently, but the start of the school year is being treated with caution. In Scotland, where pupils are already back, cases have surged. 

Around half a million people in the UK with severely weakened immune systems are to be offered a third dose of the Covid vaccine, but it's not to be confused with any potential booster.

The decisions made by the British government as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan were scrutinised by the Commons foreign affairs committee this afternoon. 

We spoke to Peymana Assad, a Labour councillor for the London borough of Harrow, who was evacuated from Kabul herself by the RAF, caught up in the chaos while visiting.

Hundreds of British based Afghans - many of whom escaped Taliban rule more than twenty years ago - joined a rally in central London

We hear from one Afghan man, now living in the Midlands.

Boris Johnson has said British evacuations would continue despite what he called the "barbaric" airport attack.

We spoke to Charlie Herbert, the former British Army major-general, who is trying to save Afghan interpreters from the Taliban. 

The fishing industry is sounding the alarm over food and labour shortages due to Brexit.

The Unite union has elected its first female general secretary, with Sharon Graham beating two male candidates to the top spot. 

As the deadline approaches, the British government said they will use “every hour” left to evacuate as many people out of Afghanistan as possible. 

It sounds like a simple question: how many British nationals, Afghan allies and other people eligible to come to the UK are still waiting to be evacuated from Afghanistan? With just days to go before the 31 August deadline and the Defence Secretary B...

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