Nearly 42,000 UK asylum seekers waiting on appeal
Refugee Council said the number increased by five times in two years and those appealing still require accommodation....
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Mental health conditions are overdiagnosed, Streeting says
Mental health charity Mind warns it is important to be “extremely careful” with language around diagnoses....
Health secretary admits ‘risk of disruption’ in NHS overhaul
The health secretary defends scrapping NHS England but admits the reform will bring challenges....
Plan to freeze key disability benefit may be dropped
Many usually loyal Labour MPs had voiced strong opposition to the idea of not increasing PIP in line with inflation, as part of expected welfare...
Chris Mason: Trade-offs for ministers over towering benefits bill
The government is aiming to save money while also protecting those who cannot work....
Foreign criminals to face Home Office tagging
The move will target offenders and others thought to pose a threat to the public, who can not be deported....
Charities accuse Starmer of misleading spider claims
Charities say rare spiders did not block “an entire new town”, as the prime minister suggested....
PM faces discontent over benefits system shake-up
Sir Keir Starmer has faced concerns from Labour backbenchers who have expressed anger at proposals....
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader to stand trial over Russia-linked bribes
Nathan Gill appears at the Old Bailey charged with nine counts related to alleged bribery....
Conservatives push for ban on phones in schools
Opposition says it will attempt to amend a Labour government bill to include the ban....