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‘Home Office system is creaking’, says Action for Afghanistan co-founder
We spoke to Zehra Zaidi, who's a lawyer and co-founder of Action for Afghanistan - an organisation that works to secure safe passage and resettlement for refugees. 


How many refugees have been allowed into the UK?
The United Nations said today that four million people have fled Ukraine since the conflict began. 


Cost of living: Johnson says government ‘has to fix’ child poverty crisis
Boris Johnson has admitted the number of children living in poverty is a problem that his government "has to fix". 


Jamie Wallis becomes first MP to announce he is transgender
Conservative MP Jamie Wallis has become the first member of the UK's parliament to come out as transgender.


Shrewsbury maternity scandal was ‘continuing catalogue of tragedy’, inquiry chair says
We spoke to the author of the review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust, the senior midwife Donna Ockenden.


Shrewsbury maternity scandal: 201 babies could have been saved, says report
“A catalogue of tragedies” - that's how the senior midwife Donna Ockenden described her review into maternity services at the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust. 


P&O Ferries boss Peter Hebblethwaite ‘the most hated man in Britain’, says MSP
Probably the most hated man in Britain - the charge which one Scottish MSP today levelled at the boss of P&O ferries after the company decided to sack 800 of its staff and replace them with agency workers.  


Queen attends thanksgiving service for Duke of Edinburgh
The Queen has attended the special service of thanksgiving for the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey.


Voters react to Downing Street party fines
One campaign group representing the families of people who've died with Covid have said Boris Johnson should have "resigned months ago" over the Partygate scandal. 


Tory MPs have ‘team bonding’ dinner after Downing St. party fines
The return of the Partygate scandal and Boris Johnson is hosting what's being described as a “team bonding dinner” with Tory MPs tonight at a central London hotel.


Prime minister ‘repeatedly lied to the country’ says Labour MP
We were joined from Westminster by shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.


No more resignations for Downing Street parties, says Matt Hancock
We spoke to the former cabinet minister Matt Hancock.


Partygate: Met Police issue fines for Downing Street lockdown parties
Twelve parties. Twenty fines. No names yet revealed.


Exclusive: NHS Trust ordered to make immediate changes after maternity scandal
We can exclusively reveal that a review into the trust at the centre of the largest maternity scandal in the history of the NHS will be ordered to make 60 immediate changes to their practices.


Public inquiry to investigate deaths of 1,500 mental health patients in Essex
An inquiry has found that 1,500 people treated by Essex mental health services died over a 21-year period, and says some of those deaths may be related to the care they received. 



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