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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 …
The deal on offer is a major climbdown by the government, but only long after the writing was on the wallPolitics live – latest updatesThursday’s pay offer marks a significant victory for the thousands of NHS workers in England who have manned the pick…
Offer includes two one-off payments – 2% bonus and 4% Covid payment – plus pay rise of about 5%Health unions hailed a historic victory on Thursday, after Steve Barclay made a significant new pay offer aimed at ending NHS strikes in England, in a climbd…
Offer to unions involved in strikes in England expected to include one-off payment of up to 6% for this yearPolitics live – latest updatesThe health secretary, Steve Barclay, is expected to announce a formal pay offer to key unions involved in NHS stri…
Exclusive: Union decries failure to publish statistics as Labour claims ministers ‘burying their heads in the sand’ over attacksNHS staff have accused Steve Barclay of breaking a pledge to publish details of how many of them are abused and assaulted in…
Steve Barclay accused of ‘wasting months’ by failing to meet unions and being dismissive of their demands for improved payJunior doctors’ leaders have blamed Steve Barclay for triggering their three-day strike this week by ignoring their concerns and b…
Prospect says Cabinet Office not engaging over dispute that could lead to 150,000 public sector workers going on strikeA leading civil servants union has accused the government of ignoring its offer of talks to avert strikes and failing to even acknowl…
Exclusive: Funding hole directly affects elderly people whose bills are entirely or partly paid for by councils‘Not shoved miles away’: Cumbrian fight to keep care in the communityA £2.3bn-a-year hole has been exposed in England’s elderly care home sys…
Almost all minority ethnic groups were more likely to die from virus than white British peopleThe Covid-19 public inquiry is facing calls to consider structural racism in every part of its investigation after it emerged almost all minority ethnic group…
Dispatchers tell investigation it is common to worry: ‘How many people are we going to kill today?’ Ambulance call handlers suffer anxiety about how many people will die before they can get help to them each day, researchers looking into the welfare of…