Sajid Javid has faced claims of trying to “buy off Conservative shires” with council funding to avoid a Commons rebellion. Shadow local government minister Jim McMahon said the Communities Secretary
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A plan to charge migrants twice as much to access the NHS has been branded an “outrageous and cynical” attempt by government to shift the blame for its handling of
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Theresa May has been rebuked by the UK’s official statistician over her criticism of the performance of the NHS in Wales. Mrs May went on the attack during Prime Minister’s
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A company which provides cars for disabled people has stockpiled £2.4 billion of taxpayers’ money and pays its chief executive £1.7 million a year, it has been reported. Motability, a
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Hospitals should sell e-cigarettes to patients and switch smoking shelters to vaping lounges, health officials have said. Patients should be allowed to vape in private rooms and purchase e-cigarette devices
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Police made 21 arrests in a major operation involving 350 officers to tackle a gang suspected of smuggling hundreds of migrants into the UK in the back of lorries. Raids
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A Tory MP has branded his local Conservative-run council as “the worst run local authority in the country” as he renewed calls for Government commissioners to step in. The criticism
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Completion of a new £335 million hospital is facing a “significant delay” following the collapse of building giant Carillion, an NHS chief executive has warned. The firm, which went into
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A worldwide social media campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM) has almost doubled its target before it began. With the backing of the #MeToo movement, Ifrah Ahmed, a survivor of
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A Labour MP has called on the Health Secretary to act very quickly to stop the “dreadful” trade in “fake medicine” sold to families with an autistic child. Barry Sheerman
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