The plans would see £10 a week for 15,000 children between 0 and six-years-old, whose parents already receive universal credit. Source link

The first of 16 new walk-in clinics across Scotland is now open but it is not clear when a target of them delivering one million appointments will be hit. ...

Aileen MoynaghBBC News NI health reporterBBCMichael Campbell was diagnosed with the terminal disease in February 2023A Belfast actor who won high praise for playing Richard III in a wheelchair, ...

Campaigners for assisted dying will ask the House of Lords to sit late or start early in order to pass the legislation in time.Concern is growing among supporters of ...

Peers have been given an extra 10 days to scrutinise the assisted dying bill, after a record number of amendments prompted concerns it would run out of time to ...

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Philippa RoxbyHealth reporterBBCLinda says the drug has given her extra years of lifeLinda Kelly, 67, has advanced breast cancer which has spread to her bones and chest wall, but ...

PA MediaThe government has met a key election pledge to deliver two million extra NHS appointments in England in its first year, the prime minister has said.The target was ...

Alexandra PetriAlexandra and Ross were given £50 penalties over a £3 discrepancy in their train ticketsTrain ticket inspectors should treat deliberate fare dodgers differently to people who make genuine ...

Getty ImagesPeople in Scotland could be charged an extra 25p if they buy drinks in a single-use cup, under plans outlined by the Scottish government.Ministers have launched a consultation ...

4 days agoBy Jonathan Amos, @BBCAmos, Science correspondentFMHT/National GeographicEndurance rests on the seafloor at a depth of 3,000mA protection perimeter drawn around Endurance, one of the world's greatest shipwrecks, is being widened ...

Labour have promised to create 100,000 extra dental appointments for children, in a bid to clear backlogs in England.The new appointments will be for urgent and emergency care and ...