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A massive reference book of mental health conditions known as the “bible” of psychiatry is going to change.The fifth and current version of the Diagnostic and…

Keir Starmer has indicated that he will not U-turn on a controversial move to scrap some jury trials, arguing the move is crucial to delivering justice…

The police, said the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, in the House of Commons on Monday, is “the last great unreformed public service”. Her white paper aims…

A row between government departments has broken out after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) proposed cutting all its funding for physical education in…

Thousands of people have marched through an East Sussex market town to protest against UK government plans to house asylum seekers on a former military site.Crowds…

Reform UK’s policy of tax relief on private health insurance could cost the country £1.7bn, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, is expected to say on Saturday.Streeting…

New wood-burning stoves will carry a health warning highlighting the impact of the air pollution they produce, under UK government plans.Ministers have also proposed cutting the…

When Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November 2024, Nature asked six leading biomedical researchers to outline their priorities for the incoming administration (A.…

Robert Jenrick was described as “the new sheriff in town” and the politician needed by Reform to give them experience and political “heft”, according to a…

Keir Starmer has rejected the claim that his change of plan over digital IDs represents another U-turn, as the prime minister faced accusations from the Conservatives…