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Plans to overhaul the UK’s asylum system will seek to break the business model of people smugglers, the home secretary has said. Priti Patel...

Home Office plans to make it much tougher for those who enter the UK illegally to claim asylum have been condemned as a “divisive...

People across the UK have observed a minute’s silence to remember victims of the pandemic on the anniversary of the UK’s first lockdown. The...

Attempting to take a holiday abroad will result in a £5,000 fine under new coronavirus laws. The legislation covering COVID-19 restrictions includes a ban...

The size of the British army will be reduced to 72,500 personnel, and the RAF will have its air cargo and personnel carriers drastically...

Hearing loss and other auditory problems may be strongly linked to coronavirus, new research suggests. Scientists estimate 7.6% of people infected with COVID-19 experience...

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned any bid by the EU to block coronavirus vaccine exports to the UK would be “counterproductive” and damage...

There is growing pressure on the government to allow foreign holidays, despite fears of a third wave of the coronavirus being imported from Europe....

A new Ranger Regiment is being set up to complement the expertise of the SAS and take on “high threat” missions overseas. Under the...

The prime minister has said there will be “no change” to England’s lockdown easing roadmap, despite the NHS warning of a “significant reduction” in...

A Scottish parliamentary committee has concluded that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament. Sky News understands that Holyrood’s harassment committee has reached the conclusion...

Boris Johnson has had the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine. The prime minister, who is aged 56, got his first dose at London’s St Thomas’ Hospital,...

Drugs giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca have rejected an NHS claim that the UK is facing a COVID-19 vaccine shortage, insisting there is no threat...

The UK is going to face a “significant reduction” in vaccine supplies from 29 March onwards, according to a letter from NHS England. The...

An independent review into historical sexual abuse is set to be published by the Football Association (FA) later. Conducted by Clive Sheldon QC, it...

Public Health England is investigating a new COVID variant – first reported in the Philippines – after two cases were found. The variant –...

More than half the UK’s adult population has now received a first COVID vaccine dose, the health secretary has said. “I’m delighted to be...

Improving the lives of children in care is the “absolute top priority”, England’s new children’s commissioner has told Sky News. Dame Rachel de Souza has vowed to...

Boris Johnson has given his full backing to the head of the Metropolitan Police but admitted the chaos at Saturday night’s vigil for Sarah...