The lockdown is taking  a "devastating toll" on the mental health of young people, according to a major survey by the Prince's Trust and shown exclusively to this programme.  

The vote to extend the universal credit increase is non-binding, but is “embarrassing” for the government.

In the last few minutes MPs have voted to support the extension of the temporary £20 a week increase in universal credit.

ore than four million people have had a first dose and from today the over-70s in England are being offered jabs.

Although vaccination numbers are rising sharply, hospitals remain under intense pressure. The number of patients with coronavirus in UK hospitals is the highest that it's been throughout the pandemic.

We spoke to the MP Tom Tugendhat, who is chair of parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and heads the China Research Group of Conservative MPs. We asked him about the impact here of an Australian-style quarantine system.

The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said he hopes everyone over the age of 18 will be offered the covid vaccine by September. He was speaking as 10 new mass vaccination centres are set to open in the next week. But the head of NHS England has warn...

As the UK institutes tighter travel restrictions, it’s worth remembering that the country that brought in the strictest controls before any other was New Zealand. While some here were floating the idea of mass infection leading to herd immunity...

More than 3.55 million people in the UK have now received their first dose of the vaccine. And on Monday, tough new travel restrictions will take effect aimed at reducing the spread of new variants of the virus. But the aviation industry is demanding...

Northern Ireland is facing a health crisis, too, with the highest daily number of deaths since the pandemic began.

Dr Margaret Harris is from the World Health Organization.

"This is not the time for the slightest relaxation of resolve," the prime minister warned today, as he announced new steps to stop any new strains of the virus entering the country. 

Richard Leonard has resigned as Scottish Labour leader with immediate effect.

Fishing was supposed to be a major upside of Brexit, but parts of the industry are finding themselves in crisis. 

Fake news on the vaccine is an issue in the US, but also in the UK.