There is 'no doubt that we are facing a crisis in young people's mental health,' the children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has said in a revealing reportBenjamin Lynch News Reporter and Aine Fox Press Association Social Affairs Correspondent23:01, 28 Jun 2026View 4 ImagesSome children have waited 'years' for support they 'urgently need' (file photo)(Image: Getty Images)More than a million children – roughly one in 10 – across England were referred to, waiting for or receiving treatment from mental health services,…

Ministers have been locked in an explosive battle over defence funding, which triggered the resignations of Defence Secretary John Healey and Al Carns, the armed forces minister22:35, 28 Jun 2026View 2 ImagesHMS Dragon, one of the Royal Navy Type 45 Daring-class air-defence destroyer warships(Image: AFP via Getty Images)Keir Starmer has ditched plans to replace the Royal Navy's ageing destroyers in favour of "hybrid" warships in a long-awaited plan to modernise the armed forces.At least six new Common Combat Vessels will…

EXCLUSIVE: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set up a new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA), which will prioritise cases such as high-risk foreign offenders and human rights claims believed to be without merit22:31, 28 Jun 2026View 2 ImagesHome Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out sweeping immigration reforms this week(Image: ZUMAPRESS.com / Zuma Press / Avalon)Decisions on asylum appeals will be accelerated with a new independent body designed to slash the backlog of people waiting for their cases to be…

An investigation has delved deeper into the horror behaviour shown by Jeffrey Donaldson with senior former police officers and politicians speaking out about what they saw behind the scenesSian Hewitt22:27, 28 Jun 2026Updated 22:28, 28 Jun 2026View 3 ImagesJeffrey Donaldson was convicted on a host of heinous crimes(Image: Getty Images)More scandalous secrets have come out about the double life of disgraced former MP Jeffrey Donaldson. An investigation has delved deeper into the horror behaviour shown by the former government…