Covid homeless scheme not leading to permanent accommodation, warns charity
A charity says fewer than one in four people helped by the Everyone In initiative now have permanent homes....
Covid travel: Seven locations moved to Covid travel green list
Canada and Denmark go on the green list while Thailand and Montenegro are added to the UK red list....
Afghanistan: Evacuation will continue despite Kabul attack, says PM
Boris Johnson says the UK “will keep going to the last moment” to get people out of Afghanistan....
Make universal credit top-up permanent – Tory MPs
The call comes as charities warn that cutting the £20 top-up will push millions of families into debt....
Data protection ‘shake-up’ takes aim at cookie pop-ups
A new head has been appointed to the UK data regulator amid a plan to drive the economy using data....
Tory accounts show donor paid towards PM flat refurb bill
Conservative party accounts reveal Lord Brownlow initially covered refurb costs totalling nearly £53,000....
Scottish Greens co-leaders Harvie and Slater to be given minister roles
The Scottish Green Party confirms that Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater will become ministers if a new power-sharing deal is approved....
Afghanistan: UK nationals warned not to travel to Kabul airport
The updated Foreign Office advice says there is an “ongoing and high threat of terrorist attack”....
Dominic Raab regrets holiday during Afghanistan crisis
The foreign secretary says “with hindsight” he would not have been away as the Taliban seized Kabul....
Afghanistan: Taliban must allow evacuees past 31 August deadline – Boris Johnson
The UK will continue evacuating people from Afghanistan “until the last moment”, Boris Johnson says....