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Watchdog says little progress made on recommendations of 2016 report that said government violated disabled people’s rightsDisabled people in the UK face worsening discrimination and a growing risk of poverty as a result of government failures to tackl…
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms payAbout 3.9m working days have been lost to industrial action in the past year, more than at any point since the 1980s, acco…
Exclusive: BMA council chair says medics will have no option but to stage more industrial action until ministers make ‘credible offer’Rishi Sunak’s “increasingly intransigent” and “belligerent” stance on medics’ pay is blocking the path to ending the i…
Kirkless local authority, hit by underfunding, price rises and extra demand on services, reports precarious financesA West Yorkshire council said it was close to going bust unless a £47m funding gap could be closed, as a growing number of local authori…
BMA highlights government’s ‘complete disregard’ for the health service and its patientsConsultants in England will strike for two additional days in September if the government continues to refuse pay talks and fails to present the profession with a c…
Thomas Buberl says firm is responding by investing in UK market as use of private healthcare soarsThe growing crisis facing the NHS presents “quite a few business opportunities” for AXA to expand its private healthcare business, the French insurance gr…
Amid criticism of its anti-oil protest at constituency manor, group says action would not have gone ahead if Sunak had been at homeKhan suggests drivers start looking for alternative cars now, when asked if there is enough time to buy a Ulez-compliant …
Cabinet Office assessment also upgrades likelihood of ‘catastrophic’ pandemic hitting the countryDisruption to energy supplies after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and another pandemic, are two of the most significant risks to the UK shown in an updated…
Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggestsThe House of Lords conduct watchdog has been asked to reopen an investigation into whether the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington may …
Lord Chadlington may have misled inquiry over introduction of firm awarded £50m in PPE contracts, Labour peer suggestsThe House of Lords conduct watchdog has been asked to reopen an investigation into whether the Conservative peer Lord Chadlington may …