A bill to give ministers maternity pay will change, after peers reject the use of the term “person”.
Read More »Shamima Begum: Supreme Court to rule on her fate
Five justices will decide later whether the runaway schoolgirl should be allowed back into the UK.
Read More »Queen says Covid vaccine ‘didn’t hurt at all’
Anyone reluctant about getting a jab should “think about other people” and do it, the monarch adds.
Read More »Cornelia Connelly: Plan to move nun’s remains to US abandoned
The tomb of sainthood candidate Mother Cornelia Connelly will stay at the girls’ school she founded.
Read More »Kids Company founder calls for apology from Gove
The charity, which supported vulnerable young people in London and Bristol, closed its doors in 2015.
Read More »HS2 protest: Swampy and two other activists leave Euston tunnel
The protester, who left with two others, spent 30 days in the tunnel under Euston Square Gardens.
Read More »Asda says 5,000 jobs at risk in new business plan
The supermarket says it has begun consulting with workers over a major restructuring of its business.
Read More »Get used to fewer trains, says rail body
Around one in ten rail services should be cut while passenger numbers remain low, says Network Rail.
Read More »UK Covid alert level drops as NHS threat ‘reduced’
The move to the second-highest level means the NHS is no longer at imminent risk of being overwhelmed.
Read More »A-level and GCSE results plan a ‘good compromise’, PM says
Getting teachers to grade GCSE and A-level pupils in England will be “fair” and “durable”, the PM says.
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