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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak suggested Covid should let “rip” – even though people would die from the virus, according to evidence at the public inquiry from the UK’s former chief scientist. 

While the England women’s football team were grabbing the headlines at the World Cup this summer, their deaf counterparts were scrabbling around for funding to reach their equivalent event in Malaysia. 

The chancellor says he will not implement tax cuts that would push up inflation. 

Prince William has joined leading figures from the world of football paying their final respects to Sir Bobby Charlton, at a funeral service in Manchester Cathedral. Sir Alex Ferguson described him as a “wonderful, humble man” – while former Manchester United captain Steve Bruce hailed Charlton as “the greatest English footballer we’ve ever had”. Earlier…

Rachel Maclean the current housing minister was sacked today after 279 days in office, which makes her one of the longest to serve in that role. There have been seven in the last two years. All this at a time when the housing sector faces stark challenges. Figures shared with this programme by housing charity…

It’s been described as a “silent killer” of young, seemingly fit people. The charity Cardiac Risk in the Young estimates that every week, at least 12 people aged between 14 and 35 suffer sudden cardiac death – and 1 in 300 may carry the condition. A leading pathologist has told this programme they believe those…

We spoke to Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative MP and former Veterans Minister, and began by asking him how veterans felt about the scenes at the Cenotaph on Saturday.

We were joined by Steve Hartshorn, who’s chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has blamed the Home Secretary for the unrest, saying Suella Braverman’s comments had made the police’s job much harder. Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has called for her to resign – saying she had emboldened the far-right. She hasn’t commented.

They were branded “hate marchers” by the Home Secretary. But a controversial pro-Palestinian march through London went ahead and drew hundreds of thousands of protesters, in one of the largest demonstrations the capital has seen in years. The ‘vast majority’ of arrests were from Far-Right counter protestors who clashed with police. But Michael Gove needed…

Prison officers are demanding the government immediately introduces so-called PAVA spray to be used on violent young offenders – warning that further delays will end in tragedy.

The number of people waiting for hospital treatment in England has hit another record high, with the backlog for treatment now standing at 7.8 million. That backlog has increased every month since January – when the prime minister promised to reduce it.

The future of the Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under question – after Number 10 said they had NOT given their agreement to her article accusing the Metropolitan police of bias. 

A four-year-long inquiry – has condemned the government’s failure to end what it called the “inhumane treatment” of people with learning disabilities and autism. The inquiry was led by Baroness Hollins.

People with autism and learning difficulties should be moved from institutions into the community, the government promised a decade ago.