Treasury leaders “trashed” the public health system as it was originally intended after 2015, a Conservative former health secretary has warned. Lord Lansley accused his successor Jeremy Hunt, now the
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Scotland’s Finance Secretary Shona Robison has announced up to £500 million of spending cuts as she insisted “urgent action” was needed to ensure the Government can balance its budget for
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A third of dying people in England and Wales were severely or overwhelmingly affected by pain in the last week of life, according to a major survey said to show
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Women in the North of England have shorter lives and work more hours for less pay, according to new research. They are also more likely to be an unpaid carer
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The number of race hate incidents in Northern Ireland is believed to have risen by a third, according to provisional police numbers. An additional 409 incidents are thought to have
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The mother of Baby P, who died after months of abuse, is back behind bars two years after being freed from jail. Tracey Connelly was recalled to prison for breaching
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The Covid-19 Inquiry has so far cost the taxpayer more than £161 million when spending by the Government and the probe are both taken into account, figures suggest. Some 280
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A nursery worker has been jailed after she verbally abused children in her care and threatened to kick one in the head. Rebecca Gregory, 25, was handed a three-year sentence
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Single-headline Ofsted grades for schools will be scrapped with immediate effect, the Government has announced. Previously, Ofsted awarded one of four headline grades to schools it inspects: outstanding, good, requires
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A cap on social care costs which was delayed by the Tories will not be taken forward by the new Labour Government as it was “undeliverable”, a minister has said.
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