What happens when you’re one of the 6.3 million people in England, stuck in a queue for the NHS? Patients left waiting for surgery, support and, sometimes, life itself. “The worst time in my life.” “Fallen through the cracks.” “You don’t know what the hell’s going on.” After years of Covid backlog, increased demand and…
The government says the best way out of hardship is to work.
Two year old Awaab Ishak died as a result of “extreme” mould in his Rochdale council home last year. The coroner called his death a “defining moment for the housing sector”.
Around 1.6 million people in England are privately renting homes that pose an imminent risk to their health and safety. And when landlords fail to act, renters are advised to go to their local council for help. But data obtained from 252 councils in England by this programme reveals that almost 70 per cent of…
Giorgia Linardi, the spokeswoman for Sea Watch, a charity that operates rescue vessels in the Mediterranean.
Naveed Noormal is a former Afghan diplomat and commentator, and the Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood chairs the House of Commons defence select committee.
Gunmen in Afghanistan have killed at least 10 people and wounded 16 others in an attack on the world’s largest mine clearing charity, the Halo Trust. We spoke to the chief executive officer of the Halo Trust, former British Army major general James Cowan.