Two women, whose fathers died during the first wave, mounted a legal challenge.

Bereaved families and care groups said the ruling proves there was no protective ring around care homes at the start of the pandemic.

Spiking will remain an ‘invisible crime’ unless action is taken to improve awareness, the Home Affairs Committee has warned in a new report.

Frustrated hosts say more than 800 refugees who applied during the first two weeks of the Homes for Ukraine scheme are still waiting for visas.

A group of would-be hosts will stage a vigil outside the Home Office calling for an end to “cynical and deadly” delays.

As of Monday, some 21,600 Ukrainians had arrived in the UK under the Family Scheme and Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme.

People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and certain cancers have an elevated rate of death due to suicide, the ONS found.

Charity Leonard Cheshire warned the pressure on disabled people’s budgets will be “seismic” as the cost-of-living crisis continues.

Trafficked children going missing from local authority care are disappearing on average eight times each year, new figures show.

There were 817,515 conceptions in women aged 15 to 44, down from 821,089 in 2019.

About 13,200 have arrived under the Ukraine family scheme and 3,200 under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme.

The UNHCR has called for a ‘more appropriate’ process where refugees are matched with families or couples under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.

A woman who lost her father to Covid-19 said she feels ‘absolutely livid’ and ‘disgusted’ at the lack of honesty from those running the country.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have caused “untold hurt” to the bereaved, the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said.

Police investigating allegations of lockdown parties in Downing Street and Whitehall have made more than 50 referrals for fines.

A network of food banks has urged the Prime Minister and Chancellor to combat ‘rapidly rising levels of poverty, destitution, and hunger’.

Some family sponsors are unable or unwilling to accommodate arrivals, while dozens of matches under the Homes for Ukraine scheme have fallen through.

There is still ‘considerable prejudice’ around not having children, according to the charity Ageing Without Children.

It comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended the decision not to include trans people in the Government’s proposed ban.

The PM also said women should have spaces, such as in hospitals, prisons or changing rooms, which are ‘dedicated to women’.