All news by author: Sophie Huskisson

Some 35 criminals should have been fitted with tags but were left to roam free in September last year. System failures impacted approximately 3,000 cases at HM Courts & Tribunals Service

Unison announced up to 32,000 NHS workers - including paramedics, nurses, blood collection workers, healthcare assistants, cleaners and porters - will down tools on the new March date.

Children from ethnic minority backgrounds make up more than half all children in custody. The proportion has increased from 32% in 2010 to 53% in 2020

A joint statement from the RCN and the Department of Health says: 'The Government and Royal College of Nursing have agreed to enter a process of intensive talks'

Almost 37,000 votes were cast - with a massive 98% backing strike action. It is the largest ever turnout for a ballot of doctors by doctors' union the British Medical Association

Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson insisted that millions of voters share his desire for capital punishment to be brought back. He was appointed by Rishi Sunak last week

Cheaper bus tickets will be available in England for an extra three months after government ministers dropped their threat to axe the £2 fare cap at the end of March

The Labour leader, speaking after a surprise trip to Kyiv, said a lot of British people were offering "all sorts of support" as he hailed Ukrainian forces fighting off Russian invaders

Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed has said parents must 'take responsibility for tackling the behaviour of their own children' in a key speech

A report also raises concerns about there being no clear plan for keeping patients’ data private - and says the roll-out of the NHS app as 'required improvement'

Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed will today announce tough measures to ensure offenders are 'met with consequences' - and he will detail plans for people who dump rubbish

People who fell into YouGov’s 'worried and suffering' category favour Keir Starmer ’s party by 58% to 11% over the Conservatives

The Labour leader met with the Ukrainian leader in the capital ahead of next week’s first anniversary of the war - earlier in the day Keir Starmer travelled to Bucha and Irpin to see the sites of Russian war crimes

Distilleries slammed the Government for leaving out spirits producers from the Energy Bill Relief scheme when other alcohol categories were included

Fears are growing that planks could crash down and hurt teachers or students after a Kent primary school roof made from crumbling 'Aero bar' concrete collapsed in 2018

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab escaped to the snowy mountains as a bullying probe into allegations made by as many as two dozen civil servants looms over him

The Prime Minister will lead the moment of reflection from Downing Street at 11am next Friday to show the UK’s unwavering solidarity with Ukraine as it continues its courageous fight against Putin

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council leader Drew Mellor slammed the Treasury which he said appears 'determined that the future of local government is one of maximum council tax and cuts to services'

Among the splurges included more than £8,000 at a luxury lighting designer, over £3,000 at The White Company on home decor - and more than £30,000 went to luxury furniture stores

Researchers say access to computers, broadband or quiet places caused 'an enormous educational loss' for less well-off students - with the attainment gap having widened

The Ukrainian president pleaded with Rishi Sunak to urgently send fighter jets during a surprise visit to the UK yesterday. Volodymyr Zelensk visited Brussels today where he appealed to EU leaders to provide aircraft

The father of young Awaab Ishak - who died after living in a mould-infested flat - hailed plans to change the law and said public support 'stopped us feeling alone during this hard time'

Some steel industry insiders believe the Government is determined to 'manage decline' of the once-thriving industry amid sky-high energy costs and moves to slash pollution

Ministers have been accused of 'throwing in the towel' on tackling fuel poverty - as Greenpeace UK threatens legal action over the Government's failure to meet requirements to reduce fuel poverty

Russian internet trolls are targeting social media posts - Western officials are monitoring other countries where the dangerous messages are gaining more interest