Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals in London have said they will remove two statues linked to slavery in response to anti-racism protests across the UK.
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Two thousand high-risk residential buildings are still covered with dangerous cladding, according to a committee scrutinising the government.
Young people with autism and learning disabilities are suffering human rights abuses due to the impact of the coronavirus lockdown, an investigation has found.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said up to 80% of people who test positive for coronavirus in the UK don’t have symptoms.
A key cancer treatment which could save lives is going to be made available to all cancer centres in England in the next year.
Campaigners are urging the government to make the teaching of black history compulsory in primary and secondary schools in the wake of recent Black Lives Matter protests.
Two police officers have been injured in what the home secretary has described as a “disgusting, violent attack”.
Adults living alone in England, including single parents with children under 18, will be able to form a “support bubble” with one other household, the prime minister has announced.
Coronavirus deaths could have been reduced “by at least half” if the UK had gone into lockdown a week earlier, one of government’s former key advisers has told MPs.
A rare new photograph of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Queen has been released to mark his 99th birthday.