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What should I do now I cannot get free Covid tests?

Free Covid tests for everyone in England has ended, but what should I do if I have Covid? Am I one of the people still eligible to get free tests? Your questions answered on the future of the testing programme. – Can I still get free tests? The ...

01 Apr 2022 at 01:25

‘We have reached Omicron peak but more deaths are to come’ – Vallance

The current wave of Omicron Covid-19 cases may have peaked, the chief scientific adviser to the Government said but he warned of further rises in hospital admissions and deaths. Sir Patrick Vallance said that there are “consequences” for the ...

30 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Social mobility tsar urged to apologise for saying girls dislike ‘hard maths’

The Government’s social mobility tsar has been criticised for comments implying that girls do not study A-level science because they dislike “hard maths”. Katharine Birbalsingh told a meeting of the Science and Technology Committee to ...

27 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Government approach to UK space policy is ‘uncertain and disjointed’, say MPs

The Government’s approach to the UK’s space policy is “uncertain and disjointed”, MPs have said, amid concerns that benefits of the taxpayer-funded £400 million stake in OneWeb satellite company still remain unclear. In a new report ...

04 Nov 2022 at 09:55

Northern Ireland

Lifting student cap would require higher tuition fees or budget cuts, MPs told

Increasing the number of university places in Northern Ireland would require introducing higher tuition fees or taking money from another Stormont department, economy minister Gordon Lyons has told a committee of MPs. The ...

06 Jul 2022 at 15:09

Regulatory issues must be fixed before firms invest in UK space launch, MPs told

Pursuing space launches from UK soil is not a good use of funds until issues with delays in licensing can be resolved, MPs have been told. The Science and Technology Committee heard “devastating” evidence from Space ...

01 Mar 2023 at 15:38

UK ‘going backwards’ in pandemic preparedness – expert

The UK is “going backwards” when it come to pandemic preparedness, the former chair of the Vaccines Taskforce has suggested. Dame Kate Bingham said the nation is “not in a much better place to deal with a new ...

30 Nov 2022 at 15:12

UK must do more to lead innovation in bio-tech sector, Lords committee says

The UK has already lost its position as a world-leader in certain scientific innovations and technologies, and is in “severe” danger of slipping further behind without urgent action, a House of Lords report ...

14 Jan 2025 at 09:47

UK economy ‘bleeding out’ with brain drain in science and tech, peers warn

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves must show “clearer leadership” to tackle a brain drain in the science and technology industry which is leading to Britain’s economy “bleeding out”, peers have warned. In ...

05 Nov 2025 at 00:01

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