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Long-term unemployed youths will be guaranteed paid work and could face being stripped of benefits if they refuse to take it up, Rachel Reeves will announce..

School closures and a free school meals “blunder” which ended in an embarrassing U-turn by Boris Johnson’s government during the pandemic are expected to be among issues scrutinised in upcoming hearings of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry..

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given the Health Secretary 48 hours to act and avoid going into dispute with GPs over online access plans which they claim could put the safety of patients and staff at risk..

Eating more fruit could reduce the impact of air pollution on the lungs, a study has suggested..

Artists are being invited to breathe life into the felled Sycamore Gap tree on the second anniversary of it being chopped down..

The “space dust” which helps to form the stars and planets around the cosmos is spongier than previously thought, a group of scientists have found..

Graham Potter has been dismissed by West Ham after only nine months..

Hundreds of thousands more children are set to receive a free breakfast through a Government scheme, Bridget Phillipson has announced..