A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the poorest are not and a significant number are seeing conditions …
Young people’s needs were forgotten, with no one made responsible by UK government for ensuring their rights were met, says legal expert Children were disproportionately …
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as British home prices drop by 5.3% from peak last year Glynn Bellamy, UK head of …
Half of youngsters from all economic backgrounds affected and especially those whose parents’ jobs were hit, says Institute for Fiscal Studies Half of all children …
Levelling up minister strongly denied work to leave EU hindered readiness for crisis at Covid inquiry Michael Gove strongly denied planning for a no-deal Brexit …
Government knew in 2016 that major disease outbreak would overwhelm health system, officials say Ministers knew in 2016 that “even a moderate pandemic would overrun …
England’s chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry focus was more on dealing with consequences of pandemic UK politics live – latest updates England’s chief medical …
Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded
Health department and Cabinet Office make opening statements on second day of first module The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has admitted Covid …
Baroness Heather Hallett, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s chairwoman, vowed that those who suffered in the pandemic will “always be at the heart of the inquiry”
Covid inquiry hears that from 2018 planning for UK’s disorderly exit from EU ‘drained resources and capacity’ UK Covid inquiry live Planning for a no-deal …
Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the country’s highest honors for her leadership during a mass shooting and pandemic
PM challenged as Cabinet Office battles to withhold Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages from Covid inquiry Rishi Sunak has been accused of attempting to cover up …
Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priority Distress and heartbreak for millions could have been …
Billionaire tells of personally losing £1.5bn and ‘painful’ backlash after plea for state loan for Virgin Atlantic Sir Richard Branson has revealed that things got …
Women hit worst by mental health strains, with more domestic and caring duties amid Covid lockdowns ‘I struggled to cope’: over-50s in UK describe Covid’s …
Exclusive: leaked emails and WhatsApp messages reveal reporters also told to be more critical of Labour BBC editors asked their journalists to avoid using the …
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group call this a ‘conflict of interest’ in preliminary hearing The team behind the Covid inquiry has insisted there is …
Exclusive: from physical and mental and health to education and careers, two studies detail ways in which young still suffer ‘We’re on permanent catch-up’: how …
NHS England chief says service is ‘over-reliant’ on foreign staff and calls for universities to ‘ramp up’ training The NHS is under more “extreme pressure” …
Thousands of Catholic devotees have joined a night procession through downtown Manila to venerate a centuries-old black statue of Jesus Christ, which was not paraded …
‘Sudden explosion of billionaire wealth’ at the expense of the rest of society is ‘grossly unjust’, says Equality Trust The number of UK billionaires has …
The world’s wealthiest person endorses right-wing attacks against the public health official in a tweet that also appears to mock nonbinary and transgender people
Tory ex-minister Steven Dorrell questions whether Hancock would stand by some of his claims under oath Matt Hancock has been accused of rewriting history as …
Japan removes strict Covid-19 travel curbs, fuelling hopes a tourist boom will reinvigorate the economy Japan has fully opened its doors to visitors after more …
More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging some of them were behind bars …
Inflation, energy bills and staff shortages are causing businesses to fold in record numbers Record numbers of people started businesses during the pandemic. Now there …
Cities from Anchorage to New Orleans are shuttering their pandemic-era hotels that were used to house the homeless as funding dwindles and leases run out
A new national study finds math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-old students fell sharply during the pandemic, underscoring the impact of two years of …