The former home secretary Sajid Javid has released a new report about the wider issue of child abuse in the UK, something he describes as an "epidemic".

The business secretary will hold emergency talks with unions this evening after a £170 million request from Sanjeev Gupta was turned down over the weekend to bail out Liberty Steel.

In England, six people or people from two households can meet outdoors, including in private gardens.

We spoke to Dr Bharat Pankhania, who's an expert in infectious disease and public health

Don't overdo it and risk all the progress we have made - that is the plea from the prime minister tonight as the latest easing of lockdown restrictions takes effect.

What have we learned and what have we forgotten from one hundred years ago - and will we make the same mistakes again?

One thousand and one days, from conception to age two – these are the days which lay “the foundations for lifelong emotional and physical wellbeing”. So says the government, which has published its review of early years care in Engl...

The NHS is to spend £95 million on improving safety in maternity services in England, this follows the scandal at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust. The money will be used to boost the numbers of midwives and doctors in hospitals and also to...

Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker is a member of the Commons Liaison Committee, which is responsible for questioning the prime minister about policy.

MPs have renewed the government’s emergency coronavirus powers for another six months. The laws give ministers the power to render it a criminal offence to meet in groups or to travel abroad during the lockdown. There was a large rebellion by C...

We spoke to Immigration Minister Chris Philp.

The home secretary has set out plans to change the asylum system so refugees are assessed on how they arrive in the UK.

We spoke to Tony Reeves, the chief executive of Liverpool City Council, and began by asking him, when he took office in 2018 and saw how money was being spent, was he aghast?

Commissioners have been parachuted in to take over planning and property decisions in Liverpool after an inspection identified "multiple failures" and "mismanagement" by the city council which have cost taxpayers millions.

The basic aspects of local democracy in Liverpool aren't functioning: that, this programme understands, is one of the damning conclusions of an inspection into the city council due out tomorrow.