The prime minister has emphasised the importance of challenging racism following the row over comments made to a Black charity worker at a Buckingham Palace reception this week.

The Department of Health has been forced to scrap the way it sources medical gloves for the NHS – after its buyers paid millions to a supplier accused of modern slavery. It follows a landmark legal case which challenged the government’s d...

Scientists have previously warned the cost of living crisis could exacerbate waves of winter viruses and new figures out today show the number of people in hospital in England with flu has risen 40 per cent in the last week. It’s adding pressur...

The cost of living crisis is affecting millions across the country. According to the charity National Energy Action, over eight million households in the UK will be in fuel poverty by next April. That’s an increase of nearly 90% from last year ...

A ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women. But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision. The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potenti...

The cost of living crisis is causing a significant rise in the number of women returning to sex work, according to the English Collective of Prostitutes. And the organisation says women are putting themselves in much more dangerous situations as they...

The actor and director Sir Mark Rylance has lent his support to a new project, which helps young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to perform Shakespeare. The Intermission Youth theatre charity aims to make the Bard’s work relevant to moder...

The UK’s independent election watchdog has warned the government of its “significant concerns” about the delivery of new plans to overhaul the electoral system. In a letter sent to Ministers over the summer – but revealed toda...

A former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned after being accused of racist remarks at an event in Buckingham palace for a domestic abuse charity. Mandu Reid, the leader of the Women’s Equality Party witnessed the whole exchange at ...

A  former lady in waiting to Queen Elizabeth, has resigned as a Lady of the Household and apologised, after she made what the palace said were “unacceptable and deeply regrettable comments” by repeatedly asking a prominent Black charity ...

As police cells are requested to hold prisoners, we spoke with the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, about how bad things really are in prisons right now.

Ministers have revealed that they’ve been forced to make an urgent request to use four hundred police cells to hold prisoners. The Justice Minister pinned the blame on the impact of the pandemic and the barristers’ strike but Labour calle...

We were joined by Oliver Coppard, who’s Mayor of South Yorkshire and was at talks with the Transport secretary.

Mayors from across northern England say they’ve had positive talks with the Transport Secretary over the chaos in the region’s rail services, but they’re now calling for concrete action to improve things. The mayors said the ‘...

We speak to the digital minister Paul Scully, who oversees online safety issues.