We spoke to the shadow health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, about Boris Johnson's announcement of a rise of 1.25% in national insurance from next April to help pay for the NHS and social care.

Should a company be allowed to build the UK's first new deep coal mine in 30 years?

Can the government's plan really solve the crisis in the care system and give the health service the money it needs? 

Last week, he was concerned by the talk of relying on national insurance to pay for social care, so we started by asking him if he was happier today.

Less than £5.5 billion of the £12 billion raised will actually go towards social care in the first three years. 

The vast majority of workers will pay more tax from April next year.

The family of an autistic child, who was assaulted by a police officer in school, have called for officers to receive mandatory training on how to deal with children with similar conditions.

Reports that Grenfell Tower may be demolished have been met with anger and upset by some of the bereaved families and local residents. The government so far says no decision has been taken on the future of the tower. We’ve been speaking to some...

Boris Johnson has paid tribute to what he described as the biggest and fastest emergency evacuation in recent history. But he admitted more than 300 Afghans eligible for the UK’s resettlement scheme remain stranded in Afghanistan.

We spoke to Conservative MP Sir John Redwood about social care.

We spoke to Conservative MP Paul Maynard and started by asking him where he thought the money for social care should come from.

The pressures to spend more on the NHS in the short term and social care in the long term are clear. But the way national insurance works has raised doubts about whether it’s fair – between rich and poor and between the generations. So wh...

The prime minister has announced a £5.4 billion injection into the NHS in England in the next six months.

Back to school, back to parliament, back to politics and a burning question: “How to fix social care once and for all?” One of the solemn promises made by Boris Johnson on the steps of 10 Downing Street when he became prime minister three yea...

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.