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Scale of ‘psychological fallout’ from pandemic is ‘shocking’, says former mental health minister Norman Lamb
Rates of depression and anxiety have soared around the world during the pandemic, according to a global review.


Youth climate protesters urge royal family to rewild royal estates before COP26 summit
The conservationist and broadcaster Chris Packham has led a children’s march to Buckingham Palace, with a petition signed by more than 100,000 people urging the Queen to introduce rewilding on royal estates before the COP26 summit begins at the end...


Tory MPs call for support for firms hit by soaring energy costs
Conservative MPs have joined calls for more support for the industries worst hit by soaring energy costs, amid warnings that there could be even more disruption to supply chains into the winter as businesses struggle to cope with unprecedented challe...


Families call on Welsh government to hold inquiry into handling of the pandemic
Families in Wales who lost loved ones during the Covid pandemic have been meeting the First Minister Mark Drakeford – calling for a public inquiry into how the crisis was handled. It came as the Welsh Senedd Conservative leader announced he was...


The uplift ends: what next, as Universal Credit is cut?
Jackie Long explains what the ending of the uplift could mean, amidst rising costs of living and worries about a long winter ahead.


The Specials: Protest Songs for the Covid age
Their music was the soundtrack to the post-punk movement that began in the late 70s - the fight against racism, against war and apartheid, and the bleak reality of unemployment and social inequality.  


NHS to offer first new treatment for sickle cell disease in 20 years
Thousands of patients in England are set to benefit from the first treatment for sickle cell disease for two decades.


Families concerned about how they will get by as universal credit uplift comes to end
The £20 weekly uplift to universal credit, brought in at the start of the pandemic, will officially be scrapped tomorrow, on the very day Boris Johnson gives his keynote speech to conference. 


Stephen Port: Inquests into deaths of his murder victims to look at police competence
While the police are struggling to restore trust over the Sarah Everard murder, officers also came under scrutiny today at the inquest into the deaths of four young gay men murdered by the serial killer Stephen Port. 


One in three babies stillborn at two Welsh hospitals could have been saved, review finds
One in three babies stillborn after being cared for at two hospitals in Wales might have survived were it not for serious clinical mistakes, according to a major review. 


Boris Johnson on labour shortages: ‘There is no alternative’
The businesses who came to this conference with worries and complaints about labour shortages got their answer from the prime minister today.  


Johnson ‘extremely fired up’ about tackling violence against women despite ‘colourful’ past comments, says policing minister
We spoke to Policing Minister Kit Malthouse, and started by asking if he had full confidence in the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to deliver on the findings of the inquiries.


Sarah Everard murder: Inquiry launched into ‘systematic failures’
With the country's biggest police force beset by concerns about its policies and culture, the government is setting up an inquiry into "systemic failings" at the Met in the wake of Sarah Everard's murder. 


Conservative tax hikes ‘disproportionately put on business‘, says economics editor
We spoke to Sebastian Payne, who is Whitehall editor for the Financial Times, and Kate Andrews, who is the economics editor for The Spectator.


Army delivering fuel to petrol stations
Almost a fortnight after long queues began forming at many petrol stations around the country, army personnel have been drafted in to drive tankers and boost supplies. 



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