No ‘immediate plans’ for Army to plug gaps in NHS to ease sting of strikes
A Cabinet minister has insisted there are no “immediate plans” for the Army to step in to help the NHS during a potential winter of strikes, but conceded it is
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More than 4,000 European doctors choose to leave NHS following Brexit, says think tank
More than 4,000 European doctors have opted not to work in the NHS following the Brexit vote in 2016, research has revealed. According to analysis from the Nuffield Trust health
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RCN announce strike dates as row with Health Secretary over nurses pay escalates
Details will be set out soon on which services within the NHS will be exempt from strike action, as the health service prepares for the likely cancellation of thousands of
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Woman with Down’s syndrome loses ‘inequality’ abortion case in Court of Appeal
A woman with Down’s syndrome has lost a Court of Appeal challenge over legislation which allows the abortion of babies with the condition up until birth. Heidi Crowter (pictured), 27,
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Judge praises ‘strength of character’ of teenager housed in Airbnb after going into council care
A family court judge has praised the “strength of character” of a “vulnerable” teenager who spent nearly eight months living under constant supervision in an Airbnb after going into council
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Too many children failed due to lack of improvement in social services, former children’s minister
Too many children have been “failed” through a lack of progress on improving social services in the last decade, a Conservative former children’s minister has told the Commons. Tim Loughton
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Hiking council tax to fund social care ‘highly regressive and inequitable’, warns Tory grandee
Funding social care through increased council tax is “highly regressive and inequitable”, a Tory former Cabinet minister has warned. Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (pictured) levelled his criticism with the lion’s
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Government has ‘far wider’ questions to answer after Baroness Mone PPE reports – Labour
Reports that a Tory peer may have benefited from Covid PPE contracts raise “far wider” questions about how the Government awarded such agreements, Labour has said. Labour deputy leader Angela
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Critics accuse Home Secretary of being ‘out of her depth’ after being quizzed over asylum policy
Suella Braverman has been accused of being “out of her depth” after conceding many asylum seekers would need to come to the UK in order to submit a claim. MPs
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Tory MP tells Home Office minister to ‘consider his position’ over asylum-seeker relocation
A Conservative MP has suggested Home Office minister Robert Jenrick should resign, accusing him of not having “the first clue” of what he is doing in relation to the relocation
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