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Philip Rutnam quit as permanent secretary claiming constructive dismissal amid bullying allegations.
Priti Patel has reached a settlement with the Home Office’s former top civil servant, after he accused her of a “vicious and orchestrated briefing...
It’s a funny time to move house. On the one hand, many of us are itching for a change of scenery after a year of #stayhome. On the other, we’re...
The search for the unidentified person who has tested positive for the Brazilian variant of Covid in the UK has been narrowed to 379 households in the...
Boris Johnson has said he moved “as fast as we could” to impose strict border controls, as health officials hunt for a person in the UK infected...
Nigel Farage has been called out by the Home Office over a tweet in which he claimed 12 migrants arriving in Dover on Saturday had tested positive for...
Former Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner has hit out at the beleaguered show for attempting to stage the competition in the middle of the...
The UK’s Covid R rate has remained between 0.6 and 0.9, scientists advising the government have said. R measures the number of people, on...
People under-50 will be offered a Covid vaccine in order of age because prioritising key workers would be too complex, according to scientists...
The UK’s Covid alert level should move from five – its highest – down to four as the risk of the NHS being overwhelmed within 21 days “has...
There were almost 200 coronavirus cases at a barracks being used to house asylum seekers, the Home Office has admitted. The Napier Barracks in Kent...
Only 1% of people arriving in the UK every day are required to quarantine in government-approved hotels, the Border Force director has revealed....
Boris Johnson has said Michael Gove will lead a government review into the possible use of vaccine passports for entry into venues such as pubs and...
England’s Covid restrictions will be lifted nationally but local lockdowns could be “reimposed” to tackle new variants, Boris Johnson has...
Black LGBT young people’s mental health has been severely impacted by the pandemic according to groundbreaking new research, HuffPost UK can...
The UK’s Covid R rate has dropped to between 0.6 and 0.9, scientists advising the government have said. Last week the R rate was estimated at 0.7...
The UK’s Covid R rate has dropped to between 0.6 and 0.9, scientists advising the government have said. Last week the R rate was estimated at...
Keir Starmer has announced he would create a “British recovery bond” to help provide money for investment in communities, as he denied being too...
Romesh Ranganathan, Beverley Knight and Denise Lewis want you to have the coronavirus vaccine. The celebs appear in a new star-studded advert...
Keir Starmer will call for “a new chapter” for the UK in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, arguing people want “more” from government just...
Boris Johnson has hinted pubs, bars and other hospitality businesses will be the last to reopen when he lifts England’s lockdown in “stages”. On...
I was panting, heart pounding after my slow, steady climb when a dream occurred to me: I could climb Everest . Surely that would have to be far...
War zones around the world should temporarily pause fighting to allow coronavirus vaccine programmes to expand in some of the world’s most...
Some pupils in Scotland will return to schools in just six days’ time, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. But the first minister said the wider...
Boris Johnson has said he wants the lifting of England’s lockdown to be “cautious but irreversible”, as he prepares to set out his plan for the...
Boris Johnson will host a Downing Street coronavirus press conference on Wednesday afternoon, No.10 has announced. It comes after the prime minister...
Global health experts investigating the origins of the coronavirus have met in the Chinese city where it was first reported to reveal their findings....
People over the age of 70 who have not yet been offered a Covid vaccine should now contact the NHS to arrange a jab, the government has said. It marks...
No formal contracts have been awarded to hotels by the government to quarantine arrivals from countries on the “red list”, Downing Street admitted...
The government is “very concerned” about the lower take-up of coronavirus vaccines among people from black and minority ethnic (BAME)...
The UK’s decision to delay giving a second vaccine dose has so far been ”vindicated”, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) special envoy on...
Vaccine passports would be “discriminatory” and will not be introduced in the UK, the minister in charge of the coronavirus immunisation programme...
The UK’s coronavirus reproduction number, or R rate, is estimated to be between 0.7 and 1.0, according to government figures. Last week, it was...
The UK’s coronavirus reproduction number, or R rate, is estimated to have fallen slightly to between 0.7 and 1.0, according to government figures....
The British government has ordered 50m doses of new Covid vaccines to be delivered later this year for use against “new strains” if they are...
Bridgerton and The Crown may be set 100 years apart, but it seems they’ve actually got a lot in common – in particular, their sets. One...
A royal documentary relegated to the archives nearly 50 years ago briefly resurfaced last week, creating a stir among royal watchers and experts. ...
Matt Hancock has said evidence shows that “to nobody’s surprise” people do not want to be vaccinated in the middle of the night. Hospitals in...
Downing Street has condemned “absolutely appalling” abuse directed by online trolls towards Captain Sir Tom Moore. Boris Johnson’s press...
England’s lockdown might be eased nationwide rather than on a regional basis, Boris Johnson has said. The prime minister is due to set out his...
A man who spat in Jeremy Corbyn’s face during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic and verbally abused his wife has been sentenced. Gerald...
People arriving in the UK from a number of coronavirus hotspots will be required to quarantine in government-run hotels, Boris Johnson has announced....
When the world’s elite tennis players arrived in Australia for the first grand slam tournament of 2021, it was not the usual warm welcome from the...
Boris Johnson has said some lockdown restrictions in England could be lifted before mid-February. The prime minister said on Monday the government was...
Boris Johnson has said it is “too early” to say whether coronavirus restrictions will be eased before the summer. The prime minister has said the...
Keir Starmer has demanded to know why Boris Johnson decided to overrule Priti Patel and not introduce strict border controls in March 2020. The home...
Schools are unlikely to reopen all at once when the national lockdown ends, the deputy chief medical officer has said. Jenny Harries said on Tuesday...