MPs have accused the Department for Work and Pensions of being unable to explain why there's a "shocking inequality" in UK unemployment, after the jobless figure among young Black people soared to more than 41% during the pandemic. 

A year after their hard-hitting report demanding action to tackle the climate crisis, the 100 members of the public who've been part of the UK's first Climate Assembly are back in Westminster, asking when that action is finally going to happen. 

More than a million people in the UK fear they will go hungry or be unable to heat their homes, if the government goes ahead with plans to scrap the £20 weekly uplift to universal credit, brought in at the start of the pandemic.

MPs have voted to back the government's £14 billion tax rise to fund extra spending on the NHS and social care.

MPs have voted to back the government's £14 billion tax rise to fund extra spending on the NHS and social care.

Covid booster jabs could start being handed out later this month, according to the Health Secretary Sajid Javid, who says he's now just waiting for advice on who should be eligible. 

Boris Johnson's big idea for social care funding is meant to ensure that people no longer have to sell their homes to pay for their care. 

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...