Government admits adoption system 'needs to improve' after BBC investigation highlights failures

Government increases BBC World Service funding by £33m over three years

The funding increase is about 8% up on the previous financial year, the government will announce on Thursday.

Who holds Congress accountable? A look at the invisible ethics system for lawmakers

Congress is charged with writing the laws that govern the rest of us, but who holds lawmakers accountable when they break the rules? We take a closer look at the number of sitting members of Congress facing active ethics investigations, and the largely invisible system designed to police them. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.

House Democrats open investigation into Lewandowski

House Democrats on Wednesday heightened their investigation into Corey Lewandowski, a special government employee at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) who has been accused of mismanagement and corruption.  Lewandowski was reportedly serving as a de-facto adviser to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and oversaw the approval of contracts and grants totaling more than $100,000 under…

Utah Moves to Rein In Its Runaway Private Adoption Industry

For years, Utah has been a hub of the private adoption industry, drawing pregnant women and prospective adoptive parents from across the country thanks to its notoriously permissive laws and thriving network of agencies. But the practice can become exploitative, as I reported in an investigation for Mother Jones and PBS News Hour last year, […]

Fly-tippers could get points on driving licences under new government plans - BBC

One family’s harrowing escape to the US – and the Trump government’s relentless efforts to deport them back

<p>Oscar, Ana and their children fled violence for safety in the US. Now Oscar, afraid and alone, is back in Honduras – ‘at the mercy of God and his will’ </p><p>As soon as Oscar’s deportation flight landed at the La Lima airport in Honduras, he put on his baseball cap. On the airport shuttle toward the terminal, he pulled his cap even lower – trying to obscure his face at various police checkpoints.</p><p>His parents picked him up in a car, and drove him to a lodging they had arranged for him – miles away from his family home. He has hardly stepped outside since. “Because I can’t trust anyone – not the authorities, not the government, not a police officer,” he said. He has visited his mother a handful of times since the US deported him three weeks ago, and only under the cover of night. “They will kill anyone here. There is death everywhere.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/13/honduras-family-immigration-deportation">Continue reading...</a>