While the government  has pledged to welcome up to 20,000 Afghans who've fled the Taliban over the next five years, some 3,000 people from Afghanistan have been stuck in the UK's asylum system for years.

Earlier we spoke to David Gauke who was Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Work and Pensions Secretary under Theresa May.

They promised at the last election not to raise national insurance, but now the government is facing stiff opposition from Tory benches over reports they're planning a tax increase to fund the beleaguered social care system in England. 

Doctors have urged MPs to take action over what they say is a worrying shortage of flu jabs. 

He was one of the biggest sports stars of his generation, and it all began on a south London housing estate. Now former England footballer Ian Wright has written a children's book inspired by that journey.

A British extremist accused of conspiring to kidnap and murder Western hostages in Iraq and Syria faces life behind bars, after pleading guilty to a series of charges in a US federal court. 

We spoke to Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, and asked him why they had ruled out vaccines for healthy 12 to 15-year-olds.

The government's advisers on vaccinations have for the first time ever asked ministers to seek extra advice on giving 12 to 15-year-old children the Covid jab.

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