More results...
Chancellor tells MPs that high level of inflation means Treasury support is necessary to avoid cutting frontline servicesJeremy Hunt has pledged to find additional money to help fund public sector pay deals after admitting that Britain’s high level of …
UN experts lead calls for public and private bodies to take steps toward restorative justiceUN experts are leading calls for the British government and royal family to investigate their historical links to transatlantic slavery and take steps toward re…
PCS union announces all-out strike at end of month of industrial action by members in different sectorsMore than 133,000 civil and public servants will go on strike on 28 April at the end of a month of industrial action, a leading union has said.The Pu…
Fire Brigades Union chief says joint action needed to oppose ‘pernicious’ minimum service levels billA leading trade union has called for a concerted campaign of defiance and civil disobedience against the government’s planned anti-strike laws.Matt Wra…
Thinktank warns ‘political short-termism’ over health is exacerbating levels of illness and inequalityGovernments should set aside 10% of health spending for preventive and public measures such as cycle lanes and anti-obesity strategies, a thinktank ha…
British Medical Association accuses government of failing to make ‘credible offer’ to resolve pay disputeUK politics live – latest updatesJunior doctors have intensified their pay dispute with the government by calling a four-day strike that NHS bosses…
Poll shows just 17% of people back the Conservatives on public services against 43% for the oppositionMore than twice as many voters now trust Labour to improve public services as the Conservatives, after the government finally backed down and agreed a…
Industrial action this week led to at least 175,000 appointments and procedures being postponedJunior doctors in England have agreed to formal talks with the government after a three-day strike this week in which more than 175,000 appointments and proc…
MP Steve Brine accused of lobbying NHS and ministers on behalf of recruitment firm that employed himPolitics live – latest updatesThe Conservative MP who chairs the Commons health and social care committee is under investigation over allegations he lob…
Ministers set to halve the £500m promised to invest in staffing of sector with more than 165,000 vacancies, report saysPolitics live – latest updatesMinisters are poised to cut £250m from investment in the social care workforce in England, it has been …