Esther McVey has been forced to issue an embarrassing apology to MPs after a public row with Whitehall’s spending watchdog. The Work and Pensions Secretary said she had “inadvertently misled”
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Local health heroes have been honoured by NHS leaders on the eve of the health service’s 70th anniversary celebrations. MPs from around England nominated people or organisations from their constituencies
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Ministers have been accused of complacency by MPs in the face of a looming cash crisis for local councils in England. The Commons Public Accounts Committee warned authorities were facing
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Detectives have been searching a nurse’s home after a healthcare worker was held on suspicion of the murder of eight babies and the attempted murder of another six at a
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A second hospital is co-operating with a police inquiry into the deaths of 17 babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital’s neonatal unit. Lucy Letby, 28, continues to be questioned
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The integration of health and social care requires “serious political leadership”, the head of the spending watchdog has said. Sir Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office (NAO), urged
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A Caribbean journalist granted asylum in Britain after saying he was at risk as a result of exposing human rights abuses by police has become embroiled in family court litigation
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More than two million children in England are growing up in families where there are serious risks, a study has found. The Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longfield, said more than a
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Sexual harassment on the Tube could be tackled with targeted adverts, the Minister for Women has said. Victoria Atkins also hit out at the “offensive” portrayal of women in music
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Conservative peer Sayeeda Warsi has called for an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the party, describing the Tory response to claims of anti-Muslim prejudice as “woefully inept”. Baroness Warsi (pictured)
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